The chief plays Corneille / translated into English blank verse with an introductory study of Corneille by Lacy Lockert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corneille, Pierre, Author.

Contributor:

Lockert, Lacy, 1888-1974, translator, writer of introduction.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corneille, Pierre, 1606-1684--Translations into English.

Corneille, Pierre.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1957.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Well translated by Lacy Lockert, who provided an excellent critical introduction, this is a valuable selection of the plays of the great French Neo-Classicist. Included are Horace, The Cid, Cinna, Polyeucte, Rodugune, Nicomede."-Library Journal.Originally published in 1952.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Translator's Foreword

Introduction

The Cid

Horace (The Horatii)

Cinna

Polyeucte

Rodogune

Nicomède (Nicomedes)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-65331-3

1-4008-7497-1

OCLC:

967521705