French 376

Early Modern France

A collection of edited texts from the 17th and 18th centuries, transcribed and translated by students in French 376 in AU2020, with critical annotations and introductions.

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Texts

Ballet Ridicule des Nièces de Mazarin, ed. Ana Archer

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Molière, ed. Madeline Legate

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    Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

    Translation of a comédie-ballet written by Molière that critiques social climbing and French classism, staring the absurd and pretentious bourgeois Monsieur Jourdain.

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L'esprit de la France, ed. Juliet Romano-Olsen

A Monsieur de Broussel, Mazarinade, ed. Jacob Lucas

Lettre à Louis XIV, Fénelon, ed. Angela Jordan

The Political Testament Of M. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, ed. Isobel Williamson