| Description |
231 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-224) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: comic theory and the delineation of ludic space -- L'Avare: a game of give-and-take -- Dom Juan: of myth and men -- L'Ecole des femmes: marriage and the laws of chance -- Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: the interrupted banquet -- Le Tartuffe: the transference of homoerotic desire -- Le Misanthrope: strategies of marginality and centrality -- Le Malade imaginaire: the symbolic and the mimetic -- Conclusion: Les Femmes savantes and the problem of carnal knowledge. |
| Subject |
Molière, 1622-1673 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Molière, 1622-1673. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Sex role in literature.
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Sex role in literature. |
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Women in literature.
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Women in literature. |
| ISBN |
083863592X alkaline paper |
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