This is the third volume of a projected translation into English of all twelve of Jean Racinersquo;s playsmdash;only the third time such a project has been undertaken. For this new translation; Geoffrey Alan Argent has rendered these plays in the verse form that Racine might well have used had he been English: namely; the ldquo;heroicrdquo; couplet. Argent has exploited the coupletrsquo;s compressed power and flexibility to produce a work of English literature; a verse drama as gripping in English as Racinersquo;s is in French. Complementing the translation are the illuminating Discussion; intended as much to provoke discussion as to provide it; and the extensive Notes and Commentary; which offer their own fresh and thought-provoking insights.In Iphigenia; his ninth play; Racine returns to Greek myth for the first time since Andromache. To Euripidesrsquo;s version of the tale he adds a love interest between Iphigenia and Achilles. And dissatisfied with the earlier resolutions of the Iphigenia myth (her actual death or her eleventh-hour rescue by a dea ex machina); Racine creates a wholly original character; Eriphyle; who; in addition to providing an intriguing new denouement; serves the dual dramatic purpose of triangulating the love interest and galvanizing the wholesome ldquo;family valuesrdquo; of this play by a jolt of supercharged passion.
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