Jacques Truchet
Jacques Truchet (born January 31, 1921 , † January 2, 1998 in Nogent-le-Rotrou ) was a French Romance studies and literary scholar.
life and work
Truchet was a graduate of the École normal supérieure . He completed his habilitation in Paris in 1958 with the Thèses La Prédication de Bossuet. Etude des thèmes (2 vols., Paris 1960) and Bossuet panégyriste (Paris 1962), and from 1973 he was René Pintard's full professor of French literature of the 17th century at the Sorbonne .
Other works
- (Ed.) Victor Hugo, La Légende des siècles, Paris 1950, 1977, 1981, 1988 (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade)
- (Ed.) Bossuet, Oraisons funèbres, Paris 1961, 1967, 1980, 1988, 1998, 2004 (Classiques Garnier).
- (Ed.) La Rochefoucauld, Maximes, Paris 1967, 1972, 1977, 1983, 1992 (Classiques Garnier)
- (Ed.) Théâtre du XVIIIe siècle, 2 vols., Paris 1972–1974 (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade)
- La Tragédie classique en France, Paris 1975, 1989, 1997
- (Ed.) Recherches de thématique théâtrale. L'exemple des conseillers des rois dans la tragédie classique, Tübingen / Paris 1981
- (Ed.) Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Paris 1983
- (Ed. With Jacques Scherer) Théâtre du XVIIe siècle 2, Paris 1986 (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade)
- (Ed. With André Blanc) Théâtre du XVIIe siècle 3, Paris 1992 (Bibliothèque de la Pléiade)
- (Ed.) Le XVIIe siècle. Diversité et cohérence, Paris 1992
literature
- Thèmes et genres littéraires aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Mélanges en l'honneur de Jacques Truchet, ed. by Nicole Ferrier-Caverivière, Paris 1992
- Le Monde January 7th, 1998
- Jacques Hennequin in: Dix-septième siècle 198, 1998, pp. 1-2
Web links
- Literature by and about Jacques Truchet in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Truchet, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Romance studies and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1921 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 1998 |
| Place of death | Nogent-le-Rotrou |