Research Catalog

Title

Molière's strategies : timely reflections on his art of comedy / Walter E. Rex.

Author

Rex, Walter E.

Publication

• New York ; Oxford ; Bern ; Berlin ; Bruxelles ; Frankfurt am Main ; Wien : Peter Lang, [2013].
• ©2013

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Details

Description

xxviii, 322 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Medieval and early modern French studies, 1661-8653 ; 12

Uniform Title

Medieval and early modern French studies v. 12.

Subject

• Molière, 1622-1673 > Criticism and interpretation
• 1600-1699
• French drama (Comedy) > 17th century > History and criticism
• French literature > 17th century > Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-315) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

List of Illustrations (starting p. ix) -- Editors' Foreword (starting p. xi) -- Acknowledgements (starting p. xv) -- Preface: Choosing an Author in Old Age (starting p. xvii) -- Introduction A Main Principle of ̀Comedy' in Classical Style (starting p. 1) -- pt. I Marriage, Libertinage (starting p. 5) -- ch. 1 George Dandin, ou le marl confondu (starting p. 7) -- ch. 2 Literary Sources of George Dandin: La Jalousie du barbouilli (starting p. 19) -- ch. 3 Dom Juan, ou le Festin de Pierre (starting p. 29) -- pt. II Three Different Hands (starting p. 63) -- ch. 4 Le Loup et l'Agneau by La Fontaine: Moliere's Endings (starting p. 65) -- ch. 5 Le Misanthrope (starting p. 77) -- ch. 6 Delaying Tactics in a Caractere by La Bruyere (starting p. 83) -- pt. III Farce, Philosophy (starting p. 95) -- ch. 7 Moliere's Two Funniest Scenes (starting p. 97) -- ch. 8 Sex, Philosophy and Other Problems in Les Femmes savantes (starting p. 109) -- pt. IV Unmaskings (starting p. 127) -- ch. 9 Le Tartuffe, Act I: Conversion (starting p. 129) -- ch. 10 Le Tartuffe, Acts II-V: Seduction (starting p. 145) -- pt. V Towards Le Malade imaginaire (starting p. 155) -- ch. 11 Hierarchy, Comedie-ballet, the Ballets of George Dandin (starting p. 157) -- ch. 12 The Musical and Spoken Prologues of Le Malade imaginaire (starting p. 167) -- ch. 13 Moliere's Titles, Vraisemblance, Surprise (starting p. 177) -- pt. VI Le Malade imaginaire: Structures and Transformations of the Theme (starting p. 187) -- ch. 14 Act I: Male Authority, Comic Manoeuvres, Toinette (starting p. 189) -- ch. 15 Act II: Structure as Rite, Marriage as Medicine (starting p. 201) -- ch. 16 Act III: Philosophical Centre and Theatrical Crisis (starting p. 217) -- ch. 17 Troisieme Intermede: Music, Dance, Medicine (starting p. 237) -- Finale (starting p. 249) -- Conclusion (starting p. 253) -- Notes (starting p. 257) -- Works Cited (starting p. 307) -- Index (starting p. 317)

ISBN

• 3034309201
• 9783034309202

OCLC

• 853604183
• SCSB-13473137

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library