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Rivalry and the disruption of order in Molière's theater

Author: Michael S Koppisch
Publisher: Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, ©2004
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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  Read more...
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Koppisch, Michael S.
Rivalry and the disruption of order in Molière's theater.
Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2004
(OCoLC)607311378
Named Person: Molière; Molière; Molière.
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael S Koppisch
ISBN: 0838640095 9780838640098
OCLC Number: 54537201
Description: 216 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Love and Rivalry: The Ties That Bind --
Power and Identity: The Method in Arnolphe's Madness --
Enemy Brothers: The Interdependence of Orgon and Tartuffe --
"Grand seigneur mechant homme": Dom Juan and the Credo of Conquest --
The World Turned Upside Down: Rivalry and Ressentiment in Amphitryon --
Dark Comedy: Disorder and Sacrifice in George Dandin --
"J'ai decouvert que mon pere est mon rival": Love, Greed, and Rivalry in L'Avare --
Impossible Desire: Becoming a Mamamouchi in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme --
Philosophers and Fools: The World of Les Femmes savantes --
Doctors and Actors: The Victory of Comedy in Le Malade imaginaire.
Responsibility: Michael S. Koppisch.

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"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 in George Dandin views his woes as the price of an ill-fated marriage that he had hoped would elevate him to noble rank. Le malade imaginaire, Argan, has a seemingly crazy desire to be sick. The list could go on."--BOOK JACKET.

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