La Hollande Malade

by Raymond Poisson, edited by L. Navailles

Book cover: La Hollande Malade

Extent: 42 pages

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Exeter French Texts

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(February 1995)

ISBN: 9780859894654

5.83 x 8.27 inches

Price: $30.00

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The book is a critical edition of La Hollande Malade, a comedy in one act by Raymond Poisson. La Hollande Malade, written in 1673, is a satirical and allegorical comedy.


The book is a critical edition of La Hollande Malade, a comedy in one act by Raymond Poisson. La Hollande Malade, written in 1673, is a satirical and allegorical comedy. The historical context of this story relates to Louis XIV, who wanted to benefit from the prosperity of the Netherlands. This prosperity derived from trade, fishing and publishing and threatened other European countries. Louis XIV was allied to England to help fight the war against the maritime ‘Hollande’. The symbolic way in which this story is told takes the form of a countess suffering from illness, with other people symbolising countries who wish to give her medicine in order to cure her.

INTRODUCTION
La vie et l'oeuvre de Raymond Poisson, V
Raymond Poisson: un auteur dramatique meconnu, VII
La Hollande Malade, IX
Une comedie allegorique, X
L'historique de la guerre, XV
Resume de la Hollande Malade, XXII
Structure de la piece, XXIII
Le Texte, XXV
BIBLIOGRAPHIE, XXVII
LA HOLANDE MALADE
ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispice de l'edition originale, Paris, Prome, 1673, II
Amateurs executant une courante (voir p. XI), XII
Le jeu de l'hombre des princes de l'Europe (voir p. XI), XIII
Le chapelet de l'Espagnol qui se desfile (voir p. XVII), XVIII
Trois tetes dans un bonnet (voir p. XVII), XIX
[Les illustrations sont reproduites avec l'aimable permission de la Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris]

  • By (author) Raymond Poisson
  • Edited by L Navailles