Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet: Four Hands and Two Lawyers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25145/j.cedille.2025.27.03Keywords:
Dumas, Maquet, colaboración literariaAbstract
The article focuses on the literary collaboration between Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, exploring their working dynamics and the controversies that arose over the authorship of works signed by Dumas. It aims to analyse the tensions between the two writers, the debates about the real contributions of Maquet and Dumas and the exact nature of their collaboration. It will underline the extent to which the professional relationship between the two was a source of criticism and litigation, so that their disagreement even reached a judicial level. The study reflects on how Dumas justified his collaborative practice, comparing it to that of great figures such as Napoleon and Shakespeare. However, it also highlights the less positive aspects of this practice.
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