Molière In Context

Author : Jan Clarke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-24
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781316999424

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Molière in Context by Jan Clarke Pdf

The definitive guide to Molière's world and his afterlife, this is an accessible contextual guide for academics, undergraduates and theatre professionals alike. Interdisciplinary and diverse in scope, each chapter offers a different perspective on the social, cultural, intellectual, and theatrical environment within which Molière operated, as well as demonstrating his subsequent impact both within France and across the world. Offering fresh insight for those working in the fields of French Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies and French History, Molière in Context is an exceptional tribute to the premier French dramatist on the 400th anniversary of his birth.

Author : H. Gaston Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015008928544

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Comedy in Context by H. Gaston Hall Pdf

Author : Gaston H. Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 083574342X

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Comedy in Context by Gaston H. Hall Pdf

Author : Michael Hawcroft
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-27
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780199228836

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Moliere by Michael Hawcroft Pdf

This is the first book-length treatment of the topic."--Jacket.

Author : David Bradby,Andrew Calder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781139827294

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The Cambridge Companion to Moliere by David Bradby,Andrew Calder Pdf

A detailed introduction to Molière and his plays, this Companion evokes his own theatrical career, his theatres, patrons, the performers and theatre staff with whom he worked, and the various publics he and his troupes entertained with such success. It looks at his particular brands of comedy and satire. L'École des femmes, Le Tartuffe, Dom Juan, Le Misanthrope, L'Avare and Les Femmes savantes are examined from a variety of different viewpoints, and through the eyes of different ages and cultures. The comedies-ballets, a genre invented by Molière and his collaborators, are re-instated to the central position which they held in his œuvre in Molière's own lifetime; his two masterpieces in this genre, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme and Le Malade imaginaire, have chapters to themselves. Finally, the Companion looks at modern directors' theatre, exploring the central role played by productions of his work in successive 'revolutions' in the dramatic arts in France.

Author : Virginia Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-05-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521012384

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Molière by Virginia Scott Pdf

This biography of Molière was first published in 2000 and will appeal to general reader and specialists in French and Theatre Studies.

Author : Virginia Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002-05-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521012384

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Molière by Virginia Scott Pdf

Molière's long-lost trunk of letters and manuscripts has yet to be found amidst the dust of some Parisian attic, but in spite of that, a story of his life can be told from documentary evidence, reminiscence, gossip and innuendo, and inferences from his plays. He was very much a man of his time and place, and this new biography, the first to be written in English since 1930, places the great actor/playwright in his historical context as the son of well-to-do bourgeois and student at the Jesuit College de Clermont in the 1630's, as one of a group of stage-struck hopefuls and as a vagabond actor in the provinces in the 1640's and 50's, and--from 1658 to his death in 1673--as a clever courtier, a faithful friend, a not-so-faithful lover, a successful and controversial playwright striking out against hypocrisy in religion and medicine, and a cynical survivor of the literary, cultural, and marital wars. Virginia Scott is Professor of Theater at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has published numerous articles in Theater Survey, Theater Journal, and Theater Research International as well as writing the book The Commedia dellÀrte in Paris, which won the George Freedley Award for the best book in theater studies in 1991.

Author : Molière
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : EAN:8596547180845

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The Impostures of Scapin by Molière Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Impostures of Scapin" by Molière. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Larry W. Riggs
Publisher : Rookwood Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Modernism (Literature).
ISBN : 1886365555

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Molière and Modernity by Larry W. Riggs Pdf

Describing the theater of Moliere as a systematic attack on Cartesian modernism, this book is richly theoretical with incisive and specific treatment of such plays as "The Miser" and "The Misanthrope."

Author : Molière
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Literature
ISBN : HARVARD:32044088263348

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Plays from Molière by Molière Pdf

Author : Molière
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : EAN:4057664618061

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The Countess of Escarbagnas by Molière Pdf

"The Countess of Escarbagnas" is one of Molière's best one-act plays. The play blends broad farce and pointed wit to express his never-ending delight in human foibles. The main character is a snobby provincial who sees herself as a "person of quality" because she has been to Paris, even though she only stayed in hotels and not at the houses of any aristocrats. She must select between two suitors, fighting for her attention and getting into truly amusing stories. It is a perfect comedy criticizing the flaws of society.

Author : Hanna Scolnicov
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994-07-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521394678

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Woman's Theatrical Space by Hanna Scolnicov Pdf

A historical and comparative study, in which is revealed the changing conventions of the theatrical space as faithful expressions of the changing attitudes to woman and her sexuality.

Author : David Whitton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1995-04-27
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521478677

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Molière: Don Juan by David Whitton Pdf

This book examines how Molière's Don Juan has been interpreted in performance by different directors and in a variety of cultural and social contexts.

Author : Andrew Calder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780567042781

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Moliere by Andrew Calder Pdf

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.

Author : Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 102004618X

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Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Comédie-Ballet, With a Life of Molière and Notes by A.C. Clapin by Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière Pdf

Published in 1907, this book is a critical edition of "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme," one of the most popular plays by the 17th-century French playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known by his stage name Molière. The edition includes extensive notes on the play and its historical context, as well as a life of Molière by the editor, A.C. Clapin. This book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of French literature and theater. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.