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Rivalry and the Disruption of Order in Moliere's Theater
Michael S. Koppisch
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Hardback. Through readings of ten of Moliere's plays, this title argues that a rivalry that endangers order by collapsing differences structures the works and provides a key to their understanding. Moliere's comic characters all want something that they cannot have. The objects of their desire may vary, but the presence of desire itself remains a constant. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
In critical readings of ten of Moliere's most important plays, this book argues that a rivalry that endangers order by collapsing differences structures the works and provides a key to their understanding. Moliere's great comic characters all want desperately something that they cannot have. The objects of their desire may vary, but the presence of desire itself remains a constant. In L'Ecole des femmes. Amolphe wants, above all, to avoid cuckoldry. The title character in Dom Juan covets women. The bourgeois Monsieur Jourdain does all in his power to become a gentleman in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, and the eponymous character ... Read more
In critical readings of ten of Moliere's most important plays, this book argues that a rivalry that endangers order by collapsing differences structures the works and provides a key to their understanding. Moliere's great comic characters all want desperately something that they cannot have. The objects of their desire may vary, but the presence of desire itself remains a constant. In L'Ecole des femmes. Amolphe wants, above all, to avoid cuckoldry. The title character in Dom Juan covets women. The bourgeois Monsieur Jourdain does all in his power to become a gentleman in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, and the eponymous character ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9780838640098
SKU
V9780838640098
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