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La mort de Caton, tragédie. En trois actes, et en vers

1789 Subjects: Conduct of life, History, Republicanism Forms: Drama Printing and Publishing Status: Re-issues Translation Status: Adapted French Paris URL

Authors of source text

Joseph Addison

Contributions

François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: translator
Louis-Alexandre Delalain: publisher

Related resources

is translation of: Cato, a tragedy has translation

Summary (extracted citations)

'On croit bien que je n'ai pas voulu lutter contre ce grand Poéte; mais Voltaire a imité, moi j'ai traduit: voilá mon excuse'.

Notes

Voltaire's Cato is in imitation of Addison's. This is a 1789 re-edition listed in Worldcat and the library catalogues of a few American universities. Date should be checked on an original copy. Cato was very popular around 1789-1790, with a host of new translations, re-editions and imitations.