What role for Tristan L’Hermite in North American research and teaching?

This article takes stock of the development of Tristan studies in the United States since 1985, in the vein opened by the work of Claude Abraham, a friend of Amédée Carriat and instigator of research on Tristan L’Hermite. Tristan plays a discreet though steady role in these works, especially as a playwright and prose writer, despite changes in the teaching of French works. Initiatives are proposed that may expand the circle of Tristan readers in North America.