Moliere’s Strategies Timely Reflections on his Art of Comedy Medieval and Early Modern French Studies 1st Edition by Walter E Rex ISBN 3034309201 9783034309202

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ISBN 10: 3034309201

ISBN 13: 9783034309202 

Author: Walter E. Rex

Of all the playwrights in the age of Louis XIV, Molière is the only one whose work is still regularly performed. This book analyzes his longevity by examining how he made comic plays more meaningful by rooting them in serious human concerns that had not previously been the province of comedy.

Table of contents:

1. George Dandin, ou le mari confondu – Literary Sources of George Dandin

2. La Jalousie du barbouillé

3. Dom Juan, ou le Festin de Pierre

4. Le Loup et l’Agneau by La Fontaine

5. Molière’s Endings

6. Le Misanthrope

7. Delaying Tactics in a Caractère by La Bruyère

8. Molière’s Two Funniest Scenes

9. Sex, Philosophy and Other Problems in Les Femmes savantes

10. Le Tartuffe, Act I: Conversion

11. Le Tartuffe, Acts II-V: Seduction

12. Hierarchy, Comédie-ballet, the Ballets of George Dandin

13. The Musical and Spoken Prologues of Le Malade imaginaire

14. Molière’s Titles, Vraisemblance, Surprise

15. Act I: Male Authority, Comic Manoeuvres, Toinette

16. Act II: Structure as Rite, Marriage as Medicine

17. Act III: Philosophical Centre and Theatrical Crisis

18. Troisième Intermède: Music, Dance, Medicine

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