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Fenelon, or the Nuns of Cambrai. A serious drama, in three acts (altered from the French). By Robert Merry, A.M. A plain, unvarnish'd tale

1795 Subjects: Anti-clericalism, Human rights, Religion Forms: Drama Translation Status: Adapted, Partial English London

Authors of source text

Marie-Joseph Chénier

Contributions

Robert Merry: translator
John Parsons: publisher

Related resources

is translation of: Fénelon, ou les religieuses de Cambrai. Tragédie has translation

Held by

British Library

Notes

Price One Shilling and Sixpence. Review by Holcroft with abstracts and comments on the quality of the translation in The Monthly Review (March 1796, p. 274): https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=R9BfIev-JygC&pg=PA274&dq=Fenelon:+or,+the+Nuns+of+Cambray.+A+serious+drama,+in+three+acts.&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUu5ud99LlAhVAVBUIHTx4D94Q6AEIWTAF#v=onepage&q=Fenelon%3A%20or%2C%20the%20Nuns%20of%20Cambray.%20A%20serious%20drama%2C%20in%20three%20acts.&f=false.

See Jon Mee, 'Print, Publicity and Popular Radicalism', p.123 and Patrick Leech, 'Cosmopolitanism', p.149.