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The Public Mirror Moliere 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'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 ..
eBook, English, 2010
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 2010
1 online resource (235 Seiten)
9780226591520, 9780226591537, 0226591522, 0226591530
1020173594