Jean Racine Quotes


Innocence has nothing to dread.


Citations

Racine, Jean. The Dramatic Works of Jean Racine. Translated by Robert Bruce Boswell, vol. 2, George Bell and Sons, 1889, act 3, scene 6.

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Jean Racine
Jean Racine
  • Born: December 22, 1639
  • Died: April 21, 1699
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Dramatist

Jean Racine (/ræˈsiːn/ rass-EEN, US also /rəˈsiːn/ rə-SEEN), baptized Jean-Baptiste Racine, was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, and an important literary figure in the Western tradition. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie. He did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther for the young.