Athalie
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Athalie (, sometimes translated Athalia) is a 1691 play, the final tragedy of Jean Racine, and has been described as the masterpiece of "one of the greatest literary artists known" and the "ripest work" of Racine's genius. Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve deemed it comparable to Oedipus Rex in beauty, with "the true God added." August Wilhelm Schlegel thought Athalie to be "animated by divine breath"; other critics have regarded the poetics of drama in the play to be superior to those of Aristotle.
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Vinony's link graph records 62 inbound references to Athalie, and connects out to Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Bible and Aristotle.
It is catalogued under topics including 1691 plays, Cultural depictions of ancient Israelite and Judean people and Cultural depictions of queens.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Play.name
- Athalie
- Play.image
- Fotoreproductie schilderij Rachel in de rol van Athalie in Athalie, acte II, scene VII, RP-F-F25550-H.jpg
- Play.caption
- Actress playing the role of Athalie, 1850s.
- Play.writer
- Jean Racine
- Play.chorus
- Daughters of the tribe of Levi
- Play.characters
- AthalieJoadJosabetSalomith AbnerAzartah, Ishmael, priests and LevitesMathanNabalAgarNurse of Joad
- Play.setting
- Jerusalem Temple, a vestibule of the High Priest's apartment, c. 835 BC
- Play.premiere
- 1691
- Play.orig_lang
- French
- Play.genre
- tragedy
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Wikidata facts
- Author
- Jean Racine
- Genre
- tragedy
- Country of origin
- France
- Movement
- Classicism
- Length
- 1816
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- publication date
- 1691-00-00
- place of publication
- Paris
- used metre
- alexandrine
- language of work or name
- French
- copyright status
- public domain
- title
- Athalie
- inception
- 1690-00-00
- work available at URL
- www.projekt-gutenberg.org/racine/athalia/athalia.html
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Encyclopedic overview
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Athalie (, sometimes translated Athalia) is a 1691 play, the final tragedy of Jean Racine, and has been described as the masterpiece of "one of the greatest literary artists known" and the "ripest work" of Racine's genius. Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve deemed it comparable to Oedipus Rex in beauty, with "the true God added." August Wilhelm Schlegel thought Athalie to be "animated by divine breath"; other critics have regarded the poetics of drama in the play to be superior to those of Aristotle.
== History == After the success of Esther, Racine published Athalie in 1691, another play drawn from the Bible, which he expected would have the same success.
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