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Moličre in Context

 
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Short description:

The definitive text on the social, intellectual and theatrical conditions within which Moli&&&232;re operated and his subsequent impact worldwide.

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The definitive guide to Moli&&&232;re's world and his afterlife, this is an accessible contextual guide for academics, undergraduates and theatre professionals alike. Interdisciplinary and diverse in scope, each chapter offers a different perspective on the social, cultural, intellectual, and theatrical environment within which Moli&&&232;re operated, as well as demonstrating his subsequent impact both within France and across the world. Offering fresh insight for those working in the fields of French Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies and French History, Moli&&&232;re in Context is an exceptional tribute to the premier French dramatist on the 400th anniversary of his birth.
Table of Contents:
Biographical preface Georges Forestier; Part 1. Socio-political Context: 1. A Bourgeois at court Mathieu da Vinhae; 2. The religious climate Julia Prest; 3. Medicine Valerie Worth-Stylianou; 4. Family law Janine Lanza; 5. Women Wendy Perkins; 6. Gender, masculinity and cross-dressing Joseph Harris; Part 2. Intellectual and Artistic Context: 7. Philosophical influences Jean-Luc Robin; 8. Moli&&&232;re and classical theatre Michael Call; 9. The survival of medieval and renaissance professional practices Marie Bouha&&&239;k-Giron&&&232;s; 10. Commedia dell'arte Claude Bourqui; 11. The literary establishment Richard Maber; 12. Are the Pr&&&233;cieuses only ridicules? Moli&&&232;re, salon culture and the shaping of France's collective memory Faith E. Beasley; Part 3. Theatrical Context (Paris): 13. Moli&&&232;re's theatres in Paris Philippe Cornuaille; 14. Stage design in Paris Philippe Cornuaille; 15. Company administration Jan Clarke; 16. The theatre industry and cultures of consumption Sabine Chaouche; 17. Acting style Sabine Chaouche; Part 4. Theatrical Context (Court): 18. Colbert, cultural policy and the propaganda of spectacle Georgia Cowart; 19. The decors of comedy-ballet: from the 'Songe de Vaux' to the 'R&&&234;ve de Versailles' Marie-Claude Canova-Green; 20. Court performances and their audiences Laura Naudeix; 21. Music Anne Pi&&&233;jus; 22. The livrets of Moli&&&232;re's plays Marine Roussillon; Part 5. Reception and dissemination: 23. Audience laughter Coline Piot; 24. The triumph of publicity Christophe Schuwey; 25. Moli&&&232;re and his critics: the 'Querelles' Jeanne-Marie Hostiou; 26. Moli&&&232;re and his publishers Michael Call; 27. Moli&&&232;re In print Michael Hawcroft; 28. Early modern English translations of Moli&&&232;re Suzanne Jones; Part 6. Afterlives: 29. Moli&&&232;re at the h&&&244;tel Gu&&&233;n&&&233;gaud and the Com&&&233;die-Fran&&&231;aise: the early years Jan Clarke; 30. Comedy after Moli&&&232;re Guy Spielmann; 31. Moli&&&232;re as national hero Mechele Leon; 32. Moli&&&232;re in performance: Twentieth- and twenty-first-century productions No&&&235;l Peacock; 33. Moli&&&232;re on the modern Anglophone stage C&&&233;dric Ploix; 34. Who and what is Moli&&&232;re? The film director's perspective No&&&235;l Peacock; 35. Moli&&&232;re in the Arab world Angela Daiana Langone; 36. Digital Moli&&&232;re Claude Bourqui.