La Matrone Chinoise : ou l'epreuve ridicule, comedie (1765) Paperback / softback
by Pierre-Rene Lemonnier
Edited by Ling-Ling Sheu
Part of the Exeter Textes Litteraires series
Paperback / softback
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La Matronne Chinoise is a new critical edition of a two-act comedy by Pierre-Rene Lemonnier, first performed in paris in 1765.
Lemonnier adapted a theme which dates back to the Latin writer Petronius, and is also present in an old Chinese story, which had recently been taken up by Voltaire, that of the apparently inconsolable widow who rapidly finds consolation in the arms of another. The edition is accompanied by a full introduction setting out the play's historical and thematic context, along with an analysis of its versification, and by an appendix reproducing earlier versions of the tale from Petronius to Voltaire.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:University of Exeter Press
- Publication Date:03/07/2003
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- ISBN:9780859897327
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:University of Exeter Press
- Publication Date:03/07/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780859897327
