Le Comte D’Essex

by Thomas Corneille, edited by Wendy Gibson

Book cover: Le Comte D’Essex

Extent: 92 pages

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Exeter French Texts

Language: French

(Paperback) (Published)

(October 2000)

ISBN: 9780859896665

5.83 x 8.27 inches

Price: $30.00

In stock

This is a volume in the series Textes littEraires/Exeter French Texts. If Elizabeth I of England thought to rid herself forever of Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex, by sending him to the scaffold she was very much mistaken, since his name, intertwined with hers, has traversed four centuries.


If Elizabeth I of England thought to rid herself forever of Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex, by sending him to the scaffold she was very much mistaken, since his name, intertwined with hers, has traversed four centuries. Amongst those who realized the dramatic possibilities of the death of the Queen’s favourite was Thomas Corneille, a Frenchman. His interpretation of the motives and actions of the principal protagonists reflected the taste of his contemporaries in 1678 and helped prolong the popularity of the story into the eighteenth century. This is a volume in the series Textes littEraires/Exeter French Texts. The text, introduction and essential notes are all in French.

Frontispice Introduction Le Texte Bibliographie Le Comte D'Essex
Au Lecteur Extrait du Privilege du Roy Acteurs Acte premier Acte II Acte III Acte IV Acte V Notes

  • By (author) Thomas Corneille
  • Edited by Wendy Gibson

"Wendy Gibson has provided a clear and helpful Introduction, ... Her annotations and footnotes are both erudite and illuminating." (New Zealand Journal of French Studies, Volume 24 No 1, 2003)
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