A01=Pierre-Rene Lemonnier
Author_Pierre-Rene Lemonnier
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Literary Studies
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- ISBN 9780859897327
- Dimensions: 150 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jul 2003
- Publisher: University of Exeter
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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La Matronne Chinoise is a new critical edition of a two-act comedy by Pierre-René Lemonnier, first performed in paris in 1765. Lemonnier adapted a theme which dates back to the Latin writer Petronius, and is also present in an old Chinese story, which had recently been taken up by Voltaire, that of the apparently inconsolable widow who rapidly finds consolation in the arms of another.
The edition is accompanied by a full introduction setting out the play’s historical and thematic context, along with an analysis of its versification, and by an appendix reproducing earlier versions of the tale from Petronius to Voltaire.
Ling-Ling Sheu is Associate Professor in the Department of French, Tamkang University of Taipei.
