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JODELLE, ETIENNE , seigneur de Limodin (15321573), French dramatist and poet, was born in Paris of a noble family. He attached himself to the poetic circle of the Pleiade (see DAURAT) and proceeded to apply the principles of the reformers to dramatic composition. Jodelle aimed at creating a classical drama that should be in every respect different from the moralities and soties that then occupied the French stage. His first play, Cleopdtre captive, was represented before the court at Reims in 1552. Jodelle himself took the title role, and the cast included his friends Remy Belleau and Jean de la Peruse. In honour of the play's success the friends organized a little fete at Arcueil when a goat garlanded with flowers
pagan
worship of Bacchus. Jodelle wrote two other plays. Eugene
preface poured scorn on Jodelle's predecessors in comedy, but in reality his own methods are not so very different from theirs. Didon se sacrifiant, a tragedy which follows Virgil's narrative, appears never to have been represented. Jodelle died in poverty in July 1573. His works were collected the year after his death by Charles de la Mothe. They include a quantity of miscellaneous verse dating chiefly from Jodelle's youth. The intrinsic value of his tragedies is small. Cleopdtre is lyric rather than dramatic. Throughout the five acts of the piece nothing actually happens. The death of Antony is announced by his ghost in the first act; the story of Cleopatra's suicide is related, but not represented, in the fifth. Each act is terminated by a chorus which moralizes on such subjects as the inconstancy of fortune and the judgments of heaven on human pride
His friend Ronsard said that his published poems gave Do adequate idea of his powers. Jodelle's works are collected (1868) in the Pleiade francaise of Charles Marty-Laveaux. The prefatory notice gives full information of the sources of Jodelle's biography, and La Mothe's criticism is reprinted in its entirety. End of Article: JODELLE, ETIENNE If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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