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Menander to Marivaux : the history of a comic structure / E. J. H. Greene.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greene, E. J. H. (Edward Joseph Hollingsworth), 1913-
- Series:
- Library of the Canadian review of comparative literature ; v. 1.
- Library of the Canadian review of comparative literature ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.
- French drama (Comedy).
- Theater--France--History.
- Theater.
- Comedy--History and criticism.
- Comedy.
- Characters and characteristics in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (211 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 1977.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The author examines comedies based on a structure first used by Menander in the fourth century B.C. and brought to its precise formulations and brilliance by Marivaux in the eighteenth century A.D.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I: The Formula: Structure and Statistics
- Chapter II: Sources and Channels
- Menander and Greek New Comedy
- Plautus
- Terence
- Commedia umanistica
- Commedia erudita
- Commedia dell 'arte
- French Renaissance Comedy
- Chapter III: Towards F in France, 1630-1659
- Trends and Statistics
- Corneille
- The Emergence of Valet and Soubrette Types
- Some Notable Plays of the 1640s and 1650s
- Chapter IV: Molière and his Contemporaries
- Molière
- The Contemporaries of Molière
- Chapter V: The Conscious Exploitation of F
- Comedy of Manners
- Dancourt
- The Ancien Théâtre Italien
- Comedy of Character
- Regnard, Dufresny, Lesage
- Moralizing and Sentimental Comedy
- Chapter VI: Marivaux and his Contemporaries 1715-1760
- Marivaux
- Autreau
- De Lisle de la Drévetière
- Some Practitioners of F
- Voltaire
- Chapter VII: The Dissolution of F
- Hypertrophy of F
- Erosion of the Servant Level
- Problems of Conjugal and Family Life
- F after 1760
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- List of Comedies Considered, 1660-1759
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography and index.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-173) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4593-0446-2
- 1-4175-9188-9
- OCLC:
- 647754003
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