Les Chastes et Loyales Amours

By (author) Alexandre Hardy Volume editor Daniela Dalla Valle Volume editor Antonella Amatuzzi Volume editor Paola Cifarelli Volume editor Michele Mastroianni Volume editor Monica Pavesio Volume editor Laura Rescia Series edited by Charles Mazouer

Book cover: Les Chastes et Loyales Amours

Extent: 690 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Bibliotheque du theatre francais

Series volume number: 24

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(March 2015)

ISBN: 9782812434020

5.91 x 8.66 inches

Price: $82.00

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This work presents the first modern edition of the Chastes et Loyales Amours de Theagene et Cariclee (1623), the first work published by Alexandre Hardy. This play is structured over eight days which elaborate and stage the intrigue developed in Heliodore’s Histoire ethiopique.


This work presents the first modern edition of the Chastes et Loyales Amours de Theagene et Cariclee (1623), the first work published by Alexandre Hardy. This play is structured over eight days which elaborate and stage the intrigue developed in Heliodore’s Histoire ethiopique.

  • By (author) Alexandre Hardy
  • Volume editor Daniela Dalla Valle
  • Volume editor Antonella Amatuzzi
  • Volume editor Paola Cifarelli
  • Volume editor Michele Mastroianni
  • Volume editor Monica Pavesio
  • Volume editor Laura Rescia
  • Series edited by Charles Mazouer

Review - French Cet ouvrage presente la premiere edition moderne desChastes et Loyales Amours de Theagene et Cariclee(1623), premier ouvrage publie par Alexandre Hardy. Cette piece tres longue est divisee en huit journees, qui dramatisent l'intrigue de l'Histoire ethiopiqued'Heliodore, source explicitement declaree dans le titre. La fortune de ce roman grec alexandrin dans la litterature moderne fut remarquable, meme en dehors du roman et de sa poetique. La dramatisation d'Alexandre Hardy constitue ainsi la premiere et la plus importante d'une longue suite de pieces derivees du roman d'Heliodore aux XVIIet XVIIIsiecles, qui temoignent du succes de la source ancienne.
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