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Jean Racine

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Born: December 21 1639

Died: 2020 04 16991699

Jean-Baptiste Racine was a French dramatist, one of the "big three" of 17th century France , and one of the most important literary figures in the Western tradition. Racine's dramaturgy is marked by his psychological insight, the prevailing passion of his characters, and the nakedness of both plot and stage. Although primarily a tragedian, Racine wrote one comedy.

Racine was born on 22 December 1639 in La Ferté-Milon , in the province of Picardy in northern France. Orphaned by the age of four , he came into the care of his grandparents. At the death of his grandfather in 1649, his grandmother, Marie des Moulins, went to live in the convent of Port-Royal and took her grandson with her. He received a classical education at the Petites écoles de Port-Royal, a religious institution which would greatly influence other contemporary figures including Blaise Pascal.

Port-Royal was run by followers of Jansenism, a theology condemned as heretical by the French bishops and the Pope. Racine's interactions with the Jansenists in his years at this academy would have great influence over him for the rest of his life. At Port-Royal, he excelled in his studies of the Classics and the themes of Greek and Roman mythology would play large roles in his future works.

Jean Racine died in 1699 from cancer of the liver. He requested burial in Port-Royal, but after Louis XIV had this site razed in 1710, his remains were moved to the Saint-Étienne-du-Mont church in Paris.

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Jean Racine

Jean Racine

Books from Jean Racine

Britannicus

Phaedra

Iphigenia / Phaedra / Athaliah

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Bérénice

Three Plays: Phaedra / Brittanicus / Andromache

Iphigénie

Athalie

Théâtre complet

Andromaca / Ifigenia / Fedra

Bajazet

Berenice / Bajazet

Théâtre I

Four French Plays: Cinna / The Misanthrope / Andromache / Phaedra

Andromache and Other Plays

مسرحيات راسين المجلد الثالث والرابع

Jean Racine: Oeuvres complètes et annexes

Bibliolycée - Phèdre, Racine (Bibliolycée (8))

Bibliolycée - Andromaque, Racine (Bibliolycée, 35)

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