Orestes
| AUTHOR | Voltaire |
| PUBLISHER | Start Classics (05/15/2024) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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Orestes was produced in 1750 an experiment which intensely interested the literary world and the public. In his Dedicatory Letters to the Duchess of Maine Voltaire has the following passage on the Greek drama: "We should not I acknowledge endeavor to imitate what is weak and defective in the ancients: it is most probable that their faults were well known to their contemporaries.
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ISBN-13:
9798880909339
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
54
Carton Quantity:
68
Product Dimensions:
6.00 x 0.25 x 9.00 inches
Weight:
0.56 pound(s)
Country of Origin:
US
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Drama | European - General
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Orestes was produced in 1750 an experiment which intensely interested the literary world and the public. In his Dedicatory Letters to the Duchess of Maine Voltaire has the following passage on the Greek drama: "We should not I acknowledge endeavor to imitate what is weak and defective in the ancients: it is most probable that their faults were well known to their contemporaries.
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Author:
Voltaire
Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (1694--1778) was one of the key thinkers of the European Enlightenment. Of his many works, "Candide" remains the most popular.
Peter Constantine was awarded the 1998 PEN Translation Award for "Six Early Stories "by Thomas Mann and the 1999 National Translation Award for "The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-three New Stories." Widely acclaimed for his recent translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel, he also translated Gogol's "Taras Bulba" and Tolstoy's "The Cossacks "for the Modern Library. His translations of fiction and poetry have appeared in many publications, including "The New Yorker, Harper's," and "Paris Review. "He lives in New York City.
Peter Constantine was awarded the 1998 PEN Translation Award for "Six Early Stories "by Thomas Mann and the 1999 National Translation Award for "The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-three New Stories." Widely acclaimed for his recent translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel, he also translated Gogol's "Taras Bulba" and Tolstoy's "The Cossacks "for the Modern Library. His translations of fiction and poetry have appeared in many publications, including "The New Yorker, Harper's," and "Paris Review. "He lives in New York City.
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