Molière: The Theory and Practice of Comedy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780485121278)

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: Andrew Calder
ISBN-10: 0485121271
ISBN-13: 9780485121278
Publisher: Athlone Press
Language: English
Published: 01/21/2002
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d