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Sublime and grotesque: A study of French Romantic drama

Howarth, W. D.

Literature & Fiction

Harrap

Up until the last century there was a tendency, among directors in the theatre and academic critics alike, to stress the philosophical and satirical content of Molière's comedy and to overlook the fact that he was a professional man of the theatre. More recently, certain influential critics have tended to go to the other extreme and to emphasise the theatrical and aesthetic qualities of his plays at the expense of what they may have to offer as plays of ideas. This study seeks to reconcile the two approaches: while exploring the evolution of Molière's comedy as a vehicle for his own talents as an actor and for the resources of his company, the author also seeks to define the composition of the original audiences, both in the public theatre and at Court, and to assess the taste and attitudes of the spectators for whom the plays were written.

Molière: A Playwright and his Audience (Major European Authors Series)

History & Criticism

Cambridge University Press

Up until the last century there was a tendency, among directors in the theatre and academic critics alike, to stress the philosophical and satirical content of Molière's comedy and to overlook the fact that he was a professional man of the theatre. More recently, certain influential critics have tended to go to the other extreme and to emphasise the theatrical and aesthetic qualities of his plays at the expense of what they may have to offer as plays of ideas. This study seeks to reconcile the two approaches: while exploring the evolution of Molière's comedy as a vehicle for his own talents as an actor and for the resources of his company, the author also seeks to define the composition of the original audiences, both in the public theatre and at Court, and to assess the taste and attitudes of the spectators for whom the plays were written.

Moliere: A Playwright and his Audience

Dramas & Plays

Howarth, W.D., Life &amp; Letters In France: The 17th Century

Life and Letters in France

Raitt, A W

Fargher, Richard

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Scribner

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Sublime and grotesque: A study of French Romantic drama

Molière: A Playwright and his Audience (Major European Authors Series)

Moliere: A Playwright and his Audience

Life and Letters in France