01323     2200205   4500001002100000005001500021008004100036020002000077035001900097041000800116082001100124084001700135100003400152245004300186250000600229260004300235300002800278520079500306650001601101INLIS00000000000192020200508201650200508|||||||||   |   |||   |||| ||eng||  a0-85229-531-6xv  0010-0520001920  aeng0 a081.20  a081.20/XXX/G0 aEditor by ; Mortimer J. Adler00aGreat Books of The Western World 07534  a2  aChicagobEncyclopedia Britannicac2005  axi, 367 p. ; 24cmc24cm  aGreat Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. in an attempt to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volumes. The series is now in its second edition and contains 60 volumes. Volume 31 served the history, philosophy and works of Moliere and Jean Racine. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known by his stage name, Molièrewas a French playwright and actor who is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Jean Racine was a French dramatist, one of the "big three" of 17th century France (along with Molière and Corneille), and one of the most important literary figures in the Western tradition. Racine was primarily a tragedian, though he did write one comedy. 0aAnthologies