Racine’s Late Greek Tragedies

Following three volumes devoted to Jean Racine's earlier theatre, this volume examines his two late tragedies inspired by Greek myth, Iphigenie (1674) and Phedre (1677). This international collection of essays by experts in the field covers a wide range of themes and approaches, including mythological, literary and environmental contexts, interpretation of the characters, staging, performance, reception, adaptation, and translation. With Phedre traditionally having garnered more attention than Iphigenie, this sustained consideration of the two works in tandem with each other throws exciting new light upon a dramatist at the height of his theatrical powers.