The Editors: William Brooks, Professor of French at the University of Bath, UK, was until recently the editor of Seventeenth-Century French Studies. His book, Artists¿ images and the self-image of Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orleans, the Second Madame (1652-1722) is in press, and he is currently writing a book on Quinault. Rainer Zaiser is Professor of French and Italian at the University of Kiel, Germany. He has published on Pascal, the seventeenth-century French novel and the classical theatre. He is the editor of the journal Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature and of the book series Biblio 17. Les responsables de la publication : Ancien rédacteur du périodique Seventeenth-Century French Studies, William Brooks est professeur de français à l¿université de Bath, G.-B. Son livre, Artists¿ images and the self-image of Elisabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orleans, the Second Madame (1652-1722) est sous presse. Il se consacre en ce moment à un volume sur Quinault. Rainer Zaiser est professeur de français et d¿italien à l¿université de Kiel, Allemagne. Auteur d¿études sur Pascal, le roman français du dix-septième siècle et le théâtre classique, il est aussi le rédacteur du périodique Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature et de la collection Biblio 17.