Poet, novelist, and sometime member of Mademoiselle de Montpensier's circle and correspondent of the Mercure Galant, Cantenac (1630-1714) was notorious in his own time but has only recently become the subject of serious study. This is the first critical edition of Les Marguerites, poeme heroique, based on the only known copy, a volume originally published in Bordeaux in 1676. Written in alexandrines, divided into five cantos (chants), Les Marguerites offers a fascinating example of the playful poetry of the period, where epic heroism is transformed into gallantry.The introduction, text, and essential notes are in French.