This author's former teacher, Pierre Nicole, once accused him of having no more redeemable virtues than a "public poisoner.
This author's former teacher, Pierre Nicole, once accused him of having no more redeemable virtues than a "public poisoner." Ironically this author of The Litigants and The Thebiad would later be charged with poisoning his mistress, the Marquise du Parc. He was urged by Madame de Maintenon to write his final two plays, Esther and Athalie, which do not reflect the Hellenistic leanings that mark his early subject matter. FTP, identify this contemporary of Corneille best known for his tragedies Andromache and Phaedra.
This author's former teacher, Pierre Nicole, once accused him of having no more redeemable virtues than a "public poisoner.
Jean Racine