| Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts Contributor(s): Rostand, Edmond (Author), Bair, Lowell (Translator), Lawson, Eteel (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0451531981 ISBN-13: 9780451531988 Publisher: Signet Book OUR PRICE: $5.36 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Literary Collections - Drama | European - French |
| Dewey: 842 |
| LCCN: 2013409694 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 4.2" W x 6.7" (0.30 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 8654 Reading Level: 7.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Regarded as one of the greatest dramas ever written, Cyrano de Bergerac is the story of the silver-tongued soldier whose unfortunate looks drive him to woo his love by speaking for his handsome but dull-witted rival. Cyrano de Bergerac occupies a unique place in the modern theater. Deliberately disavowing realism and contemporary relevance, Edmond Rostand's masterpiece represents a turning back in both time and spirit to an earlier age of high adventure and soaring idealism. Its magnificent hero, Cyrano--noble of soul and grotesque in appearance, gallant Gascon soldier, brilliant wit, and timid lover, alternately comic, heroic, tragic--represents one of the most challenging of all acting roles in its complexity and mercurial changes of mood. From its original production to the present day, Cyrano de Bergerac has enjoyed a charmed existence on the stage, its unflagging pace of action and eloquence of language enchanting critics and public alike. Here, in a superlative translation, is the ultimate triumph of the great French romantic tradition--a work which, in the words of the French critic Lema tre, "prolongs, unites and blends...three centuries of comic fantasy and moral grace." Translated by Lowell Bair With an Introduction by Eteel Lawson and an Afterword by Cynthia B. Kerr |