Molière: The Theory and Practice of Comedy / Edition 1

by Andrew Calder

Overview

The history of ideas provides an important means of understanding and reinterpreting the literature of the past; and in this study Dr. Calder demonstrates the illumination that this informed approach brings to the comedies of MoliFre. In the course of this study, the author outlines a fresh theory of classical comedy which applies to the works of other French writers of the 17th century; and the historical reinterpretations of MoliFre's two most difficult plays -- Le Tartuffe and Dom Juan -- break entirely new ground.Although this is a work which specialists will admire, it is also intended to serve as an introduction to MoliFre and French classical comedy at large and will be of considerable value to younger students and readers of MoliFre in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780485121278
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/21/2002
Series:	Comedy Series
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Andrew Calder teaches in the Department of French, University College, London and has written widely on French classical theatre.

Editorial Reviews

'very well written: articulate, well-paced, measured in its judgement. . . very accessible' French Studies.

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