Iphigenia: with Dramatic Preface and Classical Notes
About This Novel
"Iphigenia" is an important dramatic work by the French poet Racine in the seventeenth century. This work is based on Euripides' "Iphigenia at Aulis". Although the characters and plot have been changed, the spiritual temperament is still in line with the ancient Athenian theater - and the changes and inheritance are actually an undercurrent of the dispute between ancient and modern times under the King Louis XIV. This book also includes Racine's self-written preface to the play and his reading notes on studying ancient Greek classics. Racine claimed to "firmly respect and yearn for the ancient classics". The trinity of drama, preface and notes is not only a polemic against contemporary critics, but also a dialogue with ancient poets.
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