Racine, Jean (Catholic Encyclopedia)
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Description: Brief biography of dramatist Jean Racine.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jean Racine Dramatist, b. a La Ferté-Milon, in the old Duchy of Valois, 20 Dec., 1639; d. in at a very early age, his relatives sent him to the College of Beauvais, which was intimately connected with Port Royal, whither he went in 1655. Here, though only sixteen years of age, he made such progress that he not only read Greek at sight, but wrote odes both in Latin and in French. In 1658, he entered the Collège d'Harcourt. While boarding with his uncle, Nicolas Vitart, he formed too close an acquaintance with some theatrical people, and in order to guard him against temptation his relatives sent him to another uncle, the Abbé Sesvrin, at Uzès; but failing to obtain any position there, he returned to
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| Date | Creation Date: 1998-10-10T04:00:00Z Expiry Date: 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z |