The main purpose of this article is to reevaluate the role of Shakespearian dramaturgy in Voltaire’s Zaïre, proposing other possible sources. Verdadera Historia del Rey don Rodrigo (1592), containing the story of Muslim princess Zahra, a text that Voltaire read in a French translation by Leroux, and its importance for Voltaire’s play, will so be analysed.
De Cordoue à Jérusalem : sur une source possible de Zaïre / V. De Santis. - 1:1(2011 Dec 15), pp. 19-36.
De Cordoue à Jérusalem : sur une source possible de Zaïre
V. De SantisPrimo
2011
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The main purpose of this article is to reevaluate the role of Shakespearian dramaturgy in Voltaire’s Zaïre, proposing other possible sources. Verdadera Historia del Rey don Rodrigo (1592), containing the story of Muslim princess Zahra, a text that Voltaire read in a French translation by Leroux, and its importance for Voltaire’s play, will so be analysed.
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