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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 littéraires/Exeter French Texts. The text, introduction and essential notes are all in French.
'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)
Wendy Gibson is a lecturer in French Studies at the University of Reading.
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