Zaïre : tragédie
- Language:
- French
- Status:
- Complete work
- Authorship:
- Written by the author
- Condition of the text:
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- Extent:
- ~74,700 words · 355 passages
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- APAVoltaire. (n.d.). Zaïre : tragédie. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/voltaire/zaire-tragedie
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What it is about
Zaïre (1732), the verse tragedy that was his greatest theatrical success.
Context and history
A young Christian woman raised in the harem of Jerusalem, loved by the sultan and destroyed by the misunderstandings religion places between people. Voltaire treats the Muslim with a dignity his 1732 audience did not expect, and the catastrophe comes not from either faith but from the impossibility of speaking plainly. Text in French: the original.
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