Shortly before Molière’s death, Racine ascended to a sort of “literary royalty” and was more appreciated than ever, in the city and at court.

He managed to favorably turn the tragic circumstances surrounding this assassination by poeticizing them and with his remarkable gift of displaying the sentiments of the heart, he composed some very poignant scenes and told them in the magnificent language he mastered so well.” (Le Petit) de Cézy, the French ambassador in Constantinople, told Racine the story of what he had witnessed and the poet got to work. The play’s hero, the young Bajazet, one of the sons of Achmet Ier, had been strangled by order of his brother, the sultan Amurath IV, around the year 1635.

This time, he got the idea of staging facts that were still present in general memory and to take his characters from this Orient towards which many minds were turned. Up till then, all of his topics were taken from Ancient Greece or Rome. “The tragedy of Bajazet is the only one Racine drew from 17 th century history and is almost contemporary. In the past years, oriental adventures were quite prized at Louis XIV’s court. The action of this tragedy takes place in the palace of the sultan of Constantinople. “This interesting play was performed to great success on Tuesday January 5 th 1672 by the troupe of the Hôtel de Bourgogne and has often been taken up since.” (Le Petit). Red Jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, gilt fillet on leading edges, inner gilt dentelle, gilt edges. OL21979038W Page_number_confidence 90.08 Pages 198 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.13 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210521125732 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 591 Scandate 20210515073900 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 2894432577 Tts_version 4.“ The tragedy of Bajazet is the only one Racine drew from 17 th century history and is almost contemporary.” (Le Petit)įirst edition of Bajazet, one of Racine’s masterpieces.

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Bajazet by Jean Racine