Women and irony in Molière's comedies of marriage /

"This is a book about how Molière, France's most celebrated author of comedies, made something strikingly new out of the traditional comedy plot of thwarted courtship. Though justly celebrated for his mastery of physical comedy and farce, one of Molière's key moves was to pay attentio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lyons, John D., 1946- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Molière, > 1622-1673 > Criticism and interpretation. Molière, > 1622-1673. Women in literature. Irony in literature. Femmes dans la littérature. Ironie dans la littérature. Literature: history & criticism. Literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

L'École des maris : The School of Pretention
L'École des femmes : Idiocy and After
Le Misanthrope : Two Versions of Pastoral
Don Garde de Navarre : Female Reason and Male Pathology
Les Femmes savantes : Role Reversal and Tyranny
George Dandin : The Marriage Market
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac : Desire as Defence
Les Précieuses ridicules : The Demand for Courtship
Le Tartuffe : Negotiating for Freedom
Amphitryon : The Case of the Perfect Lover
Conclusion: Don Juan and Célimenè : adversaries or allies?