Stated first American edition, 1999. Ted Hughes translation. Boards in very good condition. Unclipped dust jacket is covered in removable mylar and is clean and bright. Binding tight and text clean.

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Title: Phedre: A New Translation by Ted Hughes
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, New York
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0374231141
ISBN 13: 9780374231149
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Reinterprets the story of a dying queen's obsessive love for her stepson in a new translation of one of classical mythology's most powerful tales

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'Ted Hughes's new version grasps the spirit of the original in a taut modern classicism. Everything falls on the eye and ear with splendor and passion."--Alastair Macaulay, "Financial Times"
"The French alexandrine couplet is notoriously hard to replicate in English cadences...yet, in the...fast-moving free verse he used to translate it, [Hughes] seems utterly at home with the action."--Eavan Boland, "The New York Times Book Review"
"[Ted Hughes] at his best...It is a strange and wonderful fact that...he should write so brilliantly just before he died."--Brian Cox, "The Hudson Review"

Ted Hughes's new version grasps the spirit of the original in a taut modern classicism. Everything falls on the eye and ear with splendor and passion. "Alastair Macaulay, Financial Times"

The French alexandrine couplet is notoriously hard to replicate in English cadences...yet, in the...fast-moving free verse he used to translate it, [Hughes] seems utterly at home with the action. "Eavan Boland, The New York Times Book Review"

[Ted Hughes] at his best...It is a strange and wonderful fact that...he should write so brilliantly just before he died. "Brian Cox, The Hudson Review""

Ted Hughes's new version grasps the spirit of the original in a taut modern classicism. Everything falls on the eye and ear with splendor and passion. Alastair Macaulay, Financial Times

[Ted Hughes] at his best...It is a strange and wonderful fact that...he should write so brilliantly just before he died. Brian Cox, The Hudson Review

"Ted Hughes's new version grasps the spirit of the original in a taut modern classicism. Everything falls on the eye and ear with splendor and passion." --Alastair Macaulay, Financial Times

"The French alexandrine couplet is notoriously hard to replicate in English cadences...yet, in the...fast-moving free verse he used to translate it, [Hughes] seems utterly at home with the action." --Eavan Boland, The New York Times Book Review

"[Ted Hughes] at his best...It is a strange and wonderful fact that...he should write so brilliantly just before he died." --Brian Cox, The Hudson Review

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