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Madame de Staël, Mirza ou lettre d’un voyageur (I), Mirza sau scrisoarea unui călător (I)
Madame de Staël, Mirza or a Traveller’s Letter (I)

Author(s): Ramona Maliţa
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: Madame de Staël; romantic tale; romantic love; exotic description; Senegal

Summary/Abstract: The French romantic tale Mirza ou Lettre d’un voyageur, written in 1786, published in 1795, is one of Madame de Staël’s early literary works. This tale is the first in a series of three: Mirza or a Traveller’s Letter, Adelaide and Theodore, Pauline’s Sad Life, written all in the same period: 1786-1794. This translation, made for the first time in Romanian, follows closely Madame de Staël’s text as it was published in the edition of 1856. The footnotes accompanying the French text of the tale belong to the author; ours are accompanying the short introductory presentation. This fragment represents the translation of the first half of the tale, the second half will be published in the next issue of the magazine.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 191-199
  • Page Count: 9