Rivalry And The Disruption Of Order in Moliere's Theater

by Michael S. Koppisch

Overview

Through French playwright Miliére's (1622-73) ten most important plays, Koppisch (French, Michigan State U.) finds rivalries born of desire that endanger order by collapsing differences, and uses those to explore the structure and meaning of the works. The quotations are in French with English translations. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838640098
Publisher:	University Press Copublishing Division
Publication date:	04/01/2004
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.48(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	9
	Introduction	13
1.	Love and Rivalry: The Ties That Bind	18
2.	Power and Identity: The Method in Arnolphe's Madness	35
3.	Enemy Brothers: The Interdependence of Orgon and Tartuffe	56
4.	"Grand seigneur mechant homme": Dom Juan and the Credo of Conquest	72
5.	The World Turned Upside Down: Rivalry and Ressentiment in Amphitryon	87
6.	Dark Comedy: Disorder and Sacrifice in George Dandin	107
7.	"J'ai decouvert que mon pere est mon rival": Love, Greed, and Rivalry in L'Avare	121
8.	Impossible Desire: Becoming a Mamamouchi in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme	140
9.	Philosophers and Fools: The World of Les Femmes savantes	154
10.	Doctors and Actors: The Victory of Comedy in Le Malade imaginaire	173
	Notes	187
	Works Cited	206
	Index	211