{"product_id":"hillman-richard-diane-1594-9782869067127","title":"Diane : 1594","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n      \u003cb\u003e\n        \u003ci\u003eDiane\u003c\/i\u003e\n        \u003cbr\u003e\nNicolas de Montreux (1594)\u003c\/b\u003e\n    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow regrettably obscure, Nicolas de Montreux published prolifically in various genres during the 1590s (under the anagrammatic pseudonym of « Olénix du Mont Sacré »). He produced most of his work in Nantes under the patronage of Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, Duke of Mercoeur, when the latter was Governor of Brittany - hence the frequent political cast of his writing, since Mercoeur was the ultimate hold-out for the ultra-Catholic Holy League against Henri IV. Yet Montreux also contributed significantly to the diffusion in France of Italian-inspired romande pastoral, and his comedy \u003ci\u003eDiane\u003c\/i\u003e, whose tide evokes the \u003ci\u003eDiana\u003c\/i\u003e of Montemayor, was his major dramatic composition in this vein. First appended to the third volume of his popular \u003ci\u003eBergeries\u003c\/i\u003e (Tours, 1594), which otherwise mingle prose and verse, \u003ci\u003eDiane\u003c\/i\u003e recalls Italian models : Tasso's \u003ci\u003eAminta\u003c\/i\u003e, Guarini's \u003ci\u003eIl Pastor Fido\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003ecommedia dell'arte\u003c\/i\u003e. It displays exuberant theatricality in pushing towards absurdity its inevitable theme - the disruptive power of terrestrial love, which is finally aligned with that which brings harmony to the universe. Magical intervention is the means ; multiple marriages mark the end. The overlap with Shakespeare's romande comedies, especially \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e (1595-96), offers a special rationale for translating Montreux's work into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides an Introduction exploring the play's contexts and affiliations, the volume includes an annotated edition of the French text, unpublished since Montreux's era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RABELAIS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53880841109846,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/hillman-richard-diane-1594-9782869067127","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}