Molière /
Includes biography, plus plot summaries, character lists, anc critical views of L'Ecole des femmes, Tartuffe, Dom Juan, Le Misanthrope, Le bourgeois gentilhomme, and Le malade imaginaire.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Chelsea House,
[2003]
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| Series: | Bloom's major dramatists.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
Table of Contents:
- Biography of Molière
- Plot summary of L'École des femmes
- List of characters in L'École des femmes
- Critical views on L'École des femmes. Percy Addison Chapman on intimacy in the public square ; W. G. Moore on the originality of the play ; Jacques Guicharnaud on Molière's comic synthesis ; James F. Gaines on Arnolphe the non-aristocrat ; Albert Bermel on the function of Chrysalde ; Virginia Scott on Molière's reply to his critics
- Plot summary of Tartuffe
- List of characters in Tartuffe
- Critical views on Tartuffe. W. G. Moore on the comic nature of Tartuffe ; Lionel Gossman on Orgon as a pivotal figure ; Harold C. Knutson on the figure of the prude ; Albert Bermel on the complexity of Orgon ; Ronald Tobin on Mme Pernelle and Orgon as apostles and censors
- Plot summary of Dom Juan
- List of characters in Dom Juan
- Critical views on Dom Juan. André Villiers on the play as a reflection of 17th century ambiguities ; W. G. Moore on Molière's viewpoint ; J. D. Hubert on speech as a substitute for action ; Bruce Edmunds on language
- Plot summary of Le misanthrope
- List of characters in Le misanthrope
- Critical views on Le misanthrope. Francis L. Lawrence on the enigma of Alceste ; Harold C. Knutson on the world view ; Albert Bermel on Alceste's unsparing honesty ; Sara E. Melzer on comic aspects of Alceste ; Larry F. Norman on satire of the satirist
- Plot summary of Le bourgeois gentilhomme
- List of characters in Le bourgeois gentilhomme
- Critical views on Le bourgeois gentilhomme. J. D. Hubert on the lovers' quarrel ; Odette de Mourgues on Molière's criticism of life ; James F. Gaines on social order versus the usurper ; Albert Bermel on Jourdain as a contemporary buffoon ; Roxanne Decker Lalande on differences in male/female language
- Plot summary of Le malade imaginaire
- List of characters in Le malade imaginaire
- Critical views on Le malade imaginaire. W. G. Moore on the real theme of the play ; J. D. Hubert on obedience to the doctors and the priests ; Claude Abraham on the celebration of fantasy ; Roxanne Decker Lalande on Béralde and the medicine of comedy.