Moliere : reasoning with fools / Michael Hawcroft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawcroft, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Molière, 1622-1673--Characters.

Molière.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Moli--egrave--;re wrote, directed, and starred in comedies for public and court audiences in seventeenth-century France. He is perennially successful, but perennially subject to critical controversy: do his plays aim to do more than make audiences laugh? This book focuses on a group of characters in the plays, the interpretation of whose role lies at the heart of any answer to this question. For over a century critics have baptised them 'raisonneurs'. They are characters who engagewith some of Moli--egrave--;re's most foolish protagonists, but they have been variously interpreted as exponents

Contents:

Contents; Note on References; Introduction; 1 The Raisonneurs and the Critics; 2 L'École des maris: the raisonneur as brother and sparring partner; 3 L'École des femmes: the raisonneur as friend and counsellor; 4 Tartuffe: the raisonneur as brother-in-law and polemicist; 5 Le Misanthrope: the raisonneur as friend and rival; 6 Le Malade imaginaire: the raisonneur as brother and impresario; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-231) and index.

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ISBN:

1-4356-2192-1

1-281-15016-9

9786611150167

0-19-152793-9

OCLC:

191048220