L''annonce Faite a Marie - Mystere En Quatre Actes Et Un Prologue

Originally published in 1943, this book contains an edited French edition of Paul Claudel's 1910 drama L'annonce faite a Marie.

List of contents

Editor's note; Introduction; A short bibliography; Personnages; L'annonce faite à Marie; Notes.

About the author

PAUL CLAUDEL was born in 1868 in rural northeastern France. He absorbed the poetry of Walt Whitman and Arthur Rimbaud while in his teens, and experienced a religious epiphany at Notre Dame cathedral during Christmas 1886. Claudel was productive in many literary genres. Besides the Odes, his masterpieces include the dramas Le Partage de midi (The Break of Noon), L'Annonce faite à Marie (The Tidings Brought to Mary), and Le Soulier de satin (The Satin Slipper). The poet served throughout the world in the French diplomatic corps, and died in 1955.

Summary

Originally published in 1943, this book contains an edited French edition of Paul Claudel's 1910 drama L'annonce faite a Marie. The play, which deals with a young French peasant woman who contracts leprosy in the medieval era, is accompanied by critical notes at the end of the volume and a biographical note on Claudel's life and career.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Claudel, Claudel Paul
• Assisted by: C. M. Girdlestone (Editor), A. Lytton Sells (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2015
• EAN: 9781107486966
• ISBN: 978-1-107-48696-6
• No. of pages: 148
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama