Pierre Du Ryer and His Tragedies: From Envy to Liberation

Pierre Du Ryer and His Tragedies: From Envy to Liberation
ISBN-10
2600036385
ISBN-13
9782600036382
Category
Politics in literature
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
1988
Publisher
Librairie Droz
Author
James F. Gaines

Description

To the king , she professes humiliation at the thought of marrying a commoner « d'une naissance / Où l'on n'est destiné que pour l'obeissance » ( II , 1 , 345-346 ) . She reviles « cette Ame si basse et si noire » , but claims that her ...

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