- Paperback: 239 pages
- Publisher: GALLIMARD (ÉDITIONS) (Oct 22 2003)
- Language: French
- ISBN-10: 2070302555
- ISBN-13: 978-2070302550
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.8 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #19 in Books > French Books (Livres français) > Littérature > Littérature française > Théâtre
- #38 in Books > French Books (Livres français) > Littérature > Théâtre
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Lorenzino, Lorenzetta, Renzo, Renzino : Musset module à l'infini les surnoms et les masques pour désigner Lorenzo de Médicis, androgyne à l'aspect maladif qui nourrit en secret un projet terrible. Lorenzaccio, cousin et favori du duc Alexandre, est un modèle de débauche qui a pourtant ses entrées chez ceux qui la déplorent. Il sait que son acte, désespéré mais nécessaire sur le plan privé, sera récupéré par le flux, transformé en geste public dérisoire sur le plan universel. De tirades cyniques en monologues poignants, Musset trace les contours d'une silhouette fantasmagorique qui se détache d'une Florence en pleine déchéance. Pris au piège de son jeu bien plus qu'Hamlet, Lorenzaccio cultive son drame. Non pas comme d'autres romantiques cultivent leur mélancolie, mais parce que c'est le seul lien qui lui reste avec la réalité.
Musset, après l'échec cuisant de La Nuit vénitienne, décide de composer ses pièces sans les faire jouer. Son oeuvre sera donc un théâtre de spectres et de visions fugitives où l'individu fait place à des types humains participant à l'histoire, modelée à souhait par un enfant, non pas du siècle mais de tous les temps. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Dans la Florence des Médicis le jeune Lorenzo projette en secret l'assassinat de son cousin, le tyran Alexandre. Entre cynisme et idéalisme, la figure ambiguë de celui que l'on surnomme Lorenzaccio a inspiré à Musset ce chef-d'oeuvre du drame romantique.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Its in French stupid!,
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This review is from: LORENZACCIO (Paperback)
Silly me, I ordered this book (I'd heard the play via the internet from the BBC and wanted to read it) not realizing that it was in its original language. IF you read French (I don't, despite the efforts of teachers many years ago) I'm sure it would be enjoyable.
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Of course, it is in French -- this is the French section !,
By A student "cecilia" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lorenzaccio (Leather Bound)
Lorenzaccio is a great play. Musset's book sometimes looks more like a novel than a play. Actually, the play was not staged until after Musset's death and I think it has never been played integrally. Indeed, the play is very long, with endless monologues, and exuberant.Briefly, Lorenzaccio is about Lorenzo de Medicis, cousin of Alexander, Duke and tyran of Florence. Lorenzo shares Alexander's debauchery, but we soon realize that it is only a way for him to gain his cousin's confidence in order to murder him. Lorenzo wants to kill Alexander to bring freedom to Florence, but he ends up realizing that his action is useless and will not change anything. It is definitely a sad play, picturing the struggle of this young man between cynism and dispair. Around him, the (numerous) other characters are also struggling with their own obsesssions and troubles. It is also a very critical play. Musset uses anachronisms to create a parallel between Lorenzo's time and the XIXth century. Through Lorenzo's story, he denounces the cowardice of the people and the "society of the spectacle". But the critics is definitely not the most interesting part of the book : Musset was a young idealistic man and his "commentaries" lacks depth and restraint. What makes Lorenzaccio a French classic is the baroc beauty of the writing, the excessive tragedy of the story and the passionate characters -- all the ingredients of the Romantic movement. The monologues are just so beautiful that I used to recite them to myself. Just buy it, and if you cannot read French, look for an English version... 3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Its in French stupid!,
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This review is from: LORENZACCIO (Paperback)
Silly me, I ordered this book (I'd heard the play via the internet from the BBC and wanted to read it) not realizing that it was in its original language. IF you read French (I don't, despite the efforts of teachers many years ago) I'm sure it would be enjoyable.
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