00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000001920 20200508201650 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||eng|| 0-85229-531-6xv 010-0520001920 eng 081.20 081.20/XXX/G Editor by ; Mortimer J. Adler Great Books of The Western World 07534 2 Chicago Encyclopedia Britannica 2005 xi, 367 p. ; 24cm 24cm Great 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. Anthologies