Identity and Transformation in the Plays of Piron

Connon (French, U. of Wales-Swansea) examines the work of French playwright Piron (1689-1773), best known, when known at all, for turning his acid wit on his contemporary Voltaire. Though the comedies and satires tend to be more finely crafted, he does also consider some of the tragedies. The quotations are in French. Distributed in North America by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)