Jean Racine Quotes
It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.
Citations
Racine, Jean. Phèdre et Hippolyte. Jean Ribou, 1677, Act 1, Scene 3.
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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.