| 单词 |
Racinian |
| 释义 |
Racinian, a. and n.|rəˈsiːnɪən|
Also Racinean.
[f. the name of Jean Racine (1639–99), French dramatic poet.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling Racine or his writings.
B. n. An admirer or imitator of Racine.
1927Sunday Times 13 Mar. 8/3 He [sc. Otway] still remains the most Racinian of all our poets. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Jan. 1/3 Shakespearian, Racinian or Sheridanesque convention. 1946Month May–June 229 His brilliant and enthusiastic appreciation of the great cycle of tragedies, above all Athalie, will please the most ardent Racinian. 1950M. McCarthy in Reporter 18 July 37/2 This Racinean world, where stepmother Phèdre and grandmother Athalie queened it.
1948L. Spitzer Linguistics & Lit. Hist. 178 The Racinian, the Vergilian power of poetic alchemy whereby brute reality is transmuted. 1962Listener 30 Aug. 315/2 This Racinian reading of modern life which is dramatized in terms of passion versus reason, will versus duty. 1974Ibid. 8 Aug. 185/2 A Month in the Country..harks back to Racine. There is the Racinian web of emotional incompatibilities. |
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