BIOGRAPHIES

Freeman, Edward. “Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655).” In Edmond Rostand: Cyrano de Bergerac, pp. 16-20. Glasgow: University of Glasgow French and German Publications, 1995.

Provides a brief biographical overview.

Knight, Joseph. “The Real Cyrano de Bergerac.” Fortnightly Review 70 (1898): 205-15.

Links the events of Cyrano's life with the development of his writings.

CRITICISM

Harvey, Howard G. “Cyrano de Bergerac and the Question of Human Liberties.” Symposium 4, No. 1 (May-November 1950): 120-30.

Explores the influence of the teachings of Pierre Gassendi and René Descartes on Cyrano's conception of liberty.

Laugaa, Maurice. “Cyrano: Sound and Language.” Yale French Studies 49 (1973): 199-211.

Discusses Cyrano's use of different languages and sounds to create meaning in Les Etats et empires du soleil.

Nicolson, Marjorie Hope. Voyages to the Moon. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948, 297 p.

Investigation of fiction on space travel that contains numerous references to Cyrano and his work.

Normano, J. F. “A Neglected Utopian: Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-55.” American Journal of Sociology 37, No. 3 (November 1931): 454-57.

Posits that Cyrano is an important precursor of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the eighteenth-century Natural Order movement.