Hernani [Hardcover]

This is a critical edition, or ?dition critique, of Victor Hugos play Hernani. Following the play, there are literary, historical, linguistic and critical notes, indexes of all words and proper names, and a list of the differences between the first edition of Hernani and the edition of 1836.This is a critical edition, or ?dition critique, of Victor Hugos play Hernani. The in-depth introduction includes a study of the manuscript, the galley proofs and all other original documents. The preface and play contain a critical apparatus that indicates all modifications made by Hugo during the composition of the work. Following the play, there are literary, historical, linguistic and critical notes, indexes of all words and proper names, a list of the differences between the first edition of Hernani and the edition of 1836, and a bibliography of works related to the play in question.John J. Janc is professor emeritus of French at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where he taught French language and literature for thirty-one years. He received a doctorat de troisi?me cycle from the Universit? de Paris III (la Sorbonne nouvelle) in 1977 and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981. He has authored editions critiques of the following plays by Victor Hugo: Les deux Trouvailles de Gallus, Torquemada, Hernani and Marion de Lorme.