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George Dillon has elected for speed and clarity; his speed, of which short quotations can impart no notion, is his equivalent for Racine's impetuous dexterity with the French Alexandrine. . . . Momentum, in such a version, is everything. It stands as a homage to Racine's strength of construction . . . and to the expressive power of his themes, on which Mr. Dillon's prefaces have eloquent and sensible things to say.Hugh Kenner, National Review His literal and flexible blank verse actually forms the nearest thing in English to the longer-measured rhymed couplets of Racine; even an ordinary reading aloud of so faithful a rendering provides something of the experience that Proust described.Elliott Coleman, PoetryA superb introduction . . . flawless translations, infused with poetic fire and charm.Margaret Carpenter, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Three Plays of Racine

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    A Paperback / softback by Jean Baptiste Racine, George Dillon

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 15 September 1961
      ISBN-13 9780226150772
      978-0226150772
      ISBN-10 0226150771

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      Book Synopsis
      George Dillon has elected for speed and clarity; his speed, of which short quotations can impart no notion, is his equivalent for Racine's impetuous dexterity with the French Alexandrine. . . . Momentum, in such a version, is everything. It stands as a homage to Racine's strength of construction . . . and to the expressive power of his themes, on which Mr. Dillon's prefaces have eloquent and sensible things to say.Hugh Kenner, National Review His literal and flexible blank verse actually forms the nearest thing in English to the longer-measured rhymed couplets of Racine; even an ordinary reading aloud of so faithful a rendering provides something of the experience that Proust described.Elliott Coleman, PoetryA superb introduction . . . flawless translations, infused with poetic fire and charm.Margaret Carpenter, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

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