University of Exeter Press

Beverlei

    • 100 Pages


    An eighteenth-century "bourgeois tragedy", written in an English style. This is an important text, which provides an appreciation of the spirit of the era, and demonstrates the bridging of comic and tragic theatre styles.







    An eighteenth-century "bourgeois tragedy", written in an English style. This is an important text, which provides an appreciation of the spirit of the era, and demonstrates the bridging of comic and tragic theatre styles.





    Frontispice

    Introduction

    Editions


    Le Texte

    Bibliographie

    Beverlei

    Appendice



    Bernard-Joseph Saurin was a celebrated French writer in the 18th century of Theatre, poetry and novels. Best known for Beverlei, Spartacus and Les Moeurs du temps.