In the essay below, Chiari examines the elements of Romanticism in Rostand's plays.

In the following essay, Lamm appraises Rostand's major plays.

In this essay, Brenner examines Cyrano's similarities to traditional French Romantic heroes.

In the following essay, Eliot declares that "in the particular case of Cyrano on Noses, the character, the situation, the occasion were perfectly suited and combined. The tirade generated by this combination is not only genuinely and highly dramatic: it is possibly poetry also."