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

5.87 x 8.31 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.


Keith Cameron was Professor in French and Renaissance Studies, and is Emeritus Professor of Modern Languages, University of Exeter

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

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