Phalante

by Jean Galaut, edited by A. Howe

Book cover: Phalante

Extent: 84 pages

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Exeter French Texts

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(January 1996)

ISBN: 9780859894883

5.83 x 8.27 inches

Price: $30.00

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This play by a young Toulouse lawyer-poet, was published posthumously in 1611 and has since been largely neglected. It is reprinted here for the first time, accompanied by an introductory study, explanatory notes and a glossary.


This play by a young Toulouse lawyer-poet, was published posthumously in 1611 and has since been largely neglected. It is reprinted here for the first time, accompanied by an introductory study, explanatory notes and a glossary. Phalante offers the reader an early example of the French ‘dilemma play’ exploiting the theme of inner conflict. At the same time, because it dramatises a story which appeared in Sidney’s Arcadia (published in 1590, but not translated into French until 1624), it poses questions about contemporary Anglo-French literary relations.

  • By (author) Jean Galaut
  • Edited by A Howe

"Alan Howe is to be congratulated for having achieved his stated aim of enabling the reader to form a fuller picture of the diversity of tragedy in the reign of Henri IV." Modern Language Review, Volume 94 No. 1, 1999
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