Louis sebastien mercier biography of michael jordan
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Published November 2024
Jean-François Ducis, Hamlet
Edited by Joseph Harris
Critical Texts 85
Published April 2024
Alexis Piron, Fernand-Cortés
Edited by Derek Connon
Critical Texts 28
Published June 2023
Michel-Jean Sedaine, Le Philosophe sans le savoir
Translated by Derek Connon
New Translations 19
Published March 2023
Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Le Vieillard et ses trois filles and Timon d’Athènes: Two Shakespeare Adaptations
Edited by Joseph Harris
Critical Texts 82
- ‘Mercier was a highly experienced playwright, and his adaptations offer readers a chance both to see Shakespeare through Mercier’s eyes and to appreciate Mercier’s own understanding of national culture, dramatic heroes, stagecraft, and the French Revolution. It is all the easier for readers to do this in Harris’s edition, which includes a wealth of helpful footnotes and a well-judged introduction that touches upon many important points without overwhelming the reader.’ — James Harriman-Smith, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 46.3, 2023, 311-97 (full text online)
- ‘In the Introduction, Harris locates the two plays within the author’s career, and associates them with the cultural, literary, and political issues of late eighteenth-century France. The Notes r
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