Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations List; Foreword by Christopher Gossip; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; 1 .Introduction; 2. Samuel's Background; 3. Samuel as a Young Man; 4. Samuel in Geneva; 5. Samuel in Celle; 6. Samuel the Playwright; 7. Samuel -- Poet and Novelist; 8. Samuel the Traveller; 9. Samuel the Scholar; 10. Samuel's other Careers; 11. Samuel: in Conclusion; Reprints; Genealogy; Selected Extracts; Letter to the King; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book attempts to bring attention to an overlooked French playwright. It offers a biographical approach to his scholarship and shows his broad influence on Moliere, Bayle, and Leibniz among others. While his work is not well known among scholars working outside of Theatre Studies, the authors show that his life was an important influence on Seventeenth Century European culture
