Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Simply brit shipped with premium postal service within 24 hours from the uk with impressive delivery time. With a heart as big as his nose, the poetswordsman lends his words and wit to the handsome but tonguetied christian to win the hand of the fair roxane. A quarrelsome, hottempered, and unattractive swordsman falls hopelessly in love with a beautiful woman and woos her for a handsome but slowwitted suitor. Comic poet and dazzling swordsman, cyrano is hopelessly in love with roxane. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages. The scope of human depth, although i can not be as deep as bards, it is still an interesting work, good but not masterpiece.
It was the most popular play of the era, and since its first performance there has hardly been a time when it was not in production somewhere in the world. The play in its original french is written entirely in rhyming couplets. A sort of tenniscourt arranged and decorated for a theatrical performance. Its unashamed glorification of panache, the heroic individualism of a bygone age allied to an unimpeachable ethical code, flattered and soothed a country shaken by war and financial scandals, and low in selfesteem. He is known for his big nose, which becomes a problem when he falls in love with his beautiful cousin, roxane. Philosopher, poet, swordsman, soldier and wit, there is an underlying fatalism to cyrano.
Cursed with ugliness, but blessed with sublime wit and poetic ability, the gallant cyrano loves his cousin. It was the most popular play of the era, and since its first performance there has hardly been a time. Jenkins place of publication new york date published 1898 keywords first edition french literature drama. Fanciful artwork and some wellchosen explanatory notes make this a great introduction to a great story, equal parts comedy, romance, and drama. Cyrano, in a selfless act of love, woos roxane on christians behalf, writing his love letters, feeding him his lines. The entire play is written in verse, in rhyming couplets of twelve syllables per line, very close to the classical alexandrine form, but the verses sometimes lack a. Though its moliere thats more often used as a french answer to shakespeare, edmond rostands cyrano has to be about the only riposte to hamlet available in human literature. A witty, eloquent drama widely considered the most popular modern french play, it is presented here in a rich blank verse translation by poet louis untermeyer. The work is about cyrano, a marvelous character who is witty, passionate and full of vitality. Translated from the french by gladys thomas and mary f. A quarrelsome, hottempered, and unattractive swordsman falls hopelessly in love with a beautiful woman, roxanne.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. Cyrano, with the nose of a clown and the soul of a poet, is by turns comic and sad, as reckless in love as in war, and never at a loss for words. But there is one very large problem he has a nose of stupendous size and believes she will never see past it. Boldly signed by american actor otis skinner in pencil on the front endpaper and dated 1898.
Choose the best combination of text size, spacing and color. Set in 17thcentury paris, the action revolves around the emotional problems of the noble, swashbuckling cyrano, who, despite his. With great empathy, the devout rostand portrays a proud. This translation, by the american poet brian hooker, is nearly as famous as the original play itself, and is generally considered to be one of the finest. Rostand s romantic plays contrasted with the naturalistic theatre popular during the late nineteenth century.
The entire play is written in verse, in rhyming couplets of twelve syllables per line, very close to the classical alexandrine form, but the verses sometimes lack a caesura. Set in louis xiiis reign, it is the moving and exciting drama of one of the finest swordsmen in france, gallant soldier, brilliant wit, tragic poetlover with the face of a clown. Its titular character is a proud, daring swordsman and genius poet who has one terrible flaw. This single word summed up rostands rejection of the social realism which. It was based only nominally on the 17thcentury nobleman of the same name, known for his bold adventures and large nose. A universal, actionpacked love story which has been a popular hit on the stage for over a century and the inspiration. Almost immediately after its triumphant debut in paris on december 28, 1897, cyrano became a perennial favourite, not only in france, but in england and america hartnoll, 709. Though its moliere thats more often used as a french answer to shakespeare, edmond rostand s cyrano has to be about the only riposte to hamlet available in human literature.
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