François Joseph de Lagrange-Chancel
François Joseph de Lagrange-Chancel (born January 1, 1677 at Castle d'Antoniac near Périgueux , † December 26, 1758 ibid) was a French playwright .
Thanks to his poetic talent, which he recognized at an early age - he composed the tragedy Jugurtha at the age of 14 - Lagrange-Chancel obtained the protection of the court and Racines , but later did not justify the great expectations of his patrons.
His tragedy Amasis (1701), for example, lags far behind Voltaire's Mérope in terms of both character and style . More poetic were his Philippiques , violent satires directed against the regent . Imprisoned for the first three, he fled to Spain and Holland, where he wrote a fourth and a fifth.
After the regent's death in 1723, he returned and died on December 26, 1758.
Works
The "Philippiques" were reprinted several times (most recently in 1858). The Œuvres complètes appeared in 1758 (in five volumes) and the Œuvres choisies were published in 1811 and 1830.
Individual works
- Adherbal roy de Numidie (ou Jurgurtha), tragedy 1694
- Oreste et Pylade , Tragedy, 1697
- Méléagre , tragedy, 1699
- Athénaïs , tragedy, 1699
- Amasis , tragedy, 1701
- Médus, roi des Mèdes , tragedy
- Alceste , tragedy, 1703
- Cassandre , Tragedy, 1713
- Ariane , tragedy
- Cassius et Victorinus, martyrs , tragedy
- Orphée , tragedy, 1736
- La Fille supposée , comedy
- La Mort d'Ulysse , tragedy
- Le Crime puni , tragedy
Web links
- Literature by François Joseph de Lagrange-Chancel in the catalog of the Berlin State Library
- Literature by and about François Joseph de Lagrange-Chancel in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lagrange-Chancel, François Joseph de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chancel, Joseph de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French dramatic poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1677 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castle d'Antoniac near Périgueux |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1758 |
| Place of death | Castle d'Antoniac near Périgueux |