La pratique dédicatoire du dramaturge Pierre du Ryer : vers un « lieu vide du pouvoir »  ?

Dedication letters prior to Pierre du Ryer’s plays meet with an interesting development. The author chooses protectors that are powerful but also dissenters, like César de Vendôme. Eventually, he gives up dedication. There is one pivotal preface in his work: the dedication letter of his tragedy Saul...

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Main Author: Tiphaine Pocquet
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Language:fra
Published: Groupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Histoire du Littéraire 2022-02-01
Series:Les Dossiers du GRIHL
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/9579
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description Dedication letters prior to Pierre du Ryer’s plays meet with an interesting development. The author chooses protectors that are powerful but also dissenters, like César de Vendôme. Eventually, he gives up dedication. There is one pivotal preface in his work: the dedication letter of his tragedy Saul, addressed to « nobody », that is to say to « everybody », in 1642. We aim at understanding such practice by starting with the studying of the political circumstances that surround the author’s stance. It seems power has moved away from the fading “unique authority” (that of the traditional dedicator and, behind him or her, the protective king or chosen lord) to be lodged into the hands of a public of readers that is at the same time unique and plural. Thus, the dedication letter becomes an empty place of power, with edges perpetually redefined.
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spelling doaj-art-9235be397ce1459c8495de314f6798ff2025-08-20T02:26:36ZfraGroupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Histoire du LittéraireLes Dossiers du GRIHL1958-92472022-02-0115310.4000/dossiersgrihl.9579La pratique dédicatoire du dramaturge Pierre du Ryer : vers un « lieu vide du pouvoir »  ?Tiphaine PocquetDedication letters prior to Pierre du Ryer’s plays meet with an interesting development. The author chooses protectors that are powerful but also dissenters, like César de Vendôme. Eventually, he gives up dedication. There is one pivotal preface in his work: the dedication letter of his tragedy Saul, addressed to « nobody », that is to say to « everybody », in 1642. We aim at understanding such practice by starting with the studying of the political circumstances that surround the author’s stance. It seems power has moved away from the fading “unique authority” (that of the traditional dedicator and, behind him or her, the protective king or chosen lord) to be lodged into the hands of a public of readers that is at the same time unique and plural. Thus, the dedication letter becomes an empty place of power, with edges perpetually redefined.https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/9579
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La pratique dédicatoire du dramaturge Pierre du Ryer : vers un « lieu vide du pouvoir »  ?
Les Dossiers du GRIHL
title La pratique dédicatoire du dramaturge Pierre du Ryer : vers un « lieu vide du pouvoir »  ?
title_full La pratique dédicatoire du dramaturge Pierre du Ryer : vers un « lieu vide du pouvoir »  ?
title_fullStr La pratique dédicatoire du dramaturge Pierre du Ryer : vers un « lieu vide du pouvoir »  ?
title_full_unstemmed La pratique dédicatoire du dramaturge Pierre du Ryer : vers un « lieu vide du pouvoir »  ?
title_short La pratique dédicatoire du dramaturge Pierre du Ryer : vers un « lieu vide du pouvoir »  ?
title_sort la pratique dedicatoire du dramaturge pierre du ryer vers un lieu vide du pouvoir
url https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/9579
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