L’Eugene

By (author) Etienne Jodelle Edited by Keith Cameron

Book cover: L’Eugene

Extent: 146 pages

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Exeter French Texts

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(December 1987)

ISBN: 9780859892131

5.83 x 8.27 inches

Price: $30.00

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Eugene, is a comedy satirizing the clergy, one of three plays by Etienne Jodelle, a French 16th-century dramatist and poet. Text, introduction and notes are all in French.


Etienne Jodelle, seigneur de Limodin, was a French dramatist and poet, was born in Paris in 1532 to a noble family and died in poverty in 1573. He attached himself to the group of 16th-century French Renaissance poets known as thePlEiade and applied their principles to his work. Eugene, a comedy satirizing the clergy, is one of his three plays. This is a volume in the Exeter French Texts series. The text, introduction and essential notes are all in French.


  • By (author) Etienne Jodelle
  • Edited by Keith Cameron

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