Abstract: The edition published in 1711 by Jacob Le Duchat was a landmark in the history of the reception of Rabelais. This article revisits the circumstances of this publication (and its re-editions up to 1741), drawing on certain little-known documents. This presentation is followed by the annotated transcription of three documents: the programmatic extract of a letter from Le Duchat to Bayle (1702); the dedicatory epistle and preface of the 1711 edition; and the bookseller’s preface in the 1741 edition.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
EAN:9782406103431
ISBN:978-2-406-10343-1
ISSN: 2554-9111
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10343-1.p.0125
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 04-08-2020
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: eighteenth century, philology, editions, Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns, reception, Rivière Du Fresny, Peter Anthony Motteux, Thomas Urquhart
