Cyrano de Bergerac
What is the historical context of Rostand's, Cyrano de Bergerac?
historical context
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historical context
• Setting: France, sometime between1640 and 1655.
• France's involvement in the Thirty Years War.
• Founding of the French Academy (Cardinal Richelieu)
• Popularity of literature and poetry in aristocratic circles.
Cyrano de Bergerac