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The public mirror : Molière and the social commerce of depiction /
Though much beloved and widely produced, Molière's satirical comedies pose a problem for those reading or staging his works today: how can a genre associated with biting caricature and castigation deliver engaging theater? Instead of simply dismissing social satire as a foundation for Molière...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Though much beloved and widely produced, Molière's satirical comedies pose a problem for those reading or staging his works today: how can a genre associated with biting caricature and castigation deliver engaging theater? Instead of simply dismissing social satire as a foundation for Molière's theater, as many have done, Larry F. Norman takes seriously Molière's claim that his satires are first and foremost effective theater. Pairing close readings of Molière's comedies with insightful accounts of French social history and aesthetics, Norman shows how Molière conceived of satire a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 226 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226591537 0226591530 9780226591513 0226591514 1282738488 9781282738485 9786612738487 6612738480 |