“There is the question of language. Although the play [Candid] is not written in strict verse form, there is an underlying beat of rhyming couplets, with echoes of Pope and the tradition of eighteenth-century philosophical verse.” PlayFormLanguageWrittenCenturyBeatsTraditionPhilosophicalVersesEchoesPopeStrictCandidRhymingCouplets Author:Mark Ravenhill
“Translating Candide into tweets has really deepened my appreciation of his writing - it wouldn't work so well with nineteenth-century authors. Every single sentence in Voltaire seems to advance the story, and yet stand alone as a sound-bite.” WritingWellsStoriesSeemsSoundCenturyAppreciationSentencesBitesTranslateTweetNineteenth CenturyStand AloneReally DeepSound BitesCandideSingle Sentence Author:Mark Ravenhill
