Download or read book Sganarelle or the Self Deceived Husband written by Molière and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Sganarelle, or The Imaginary Cuckold' is a one-act comedy in verse by Molière. The story deals with the consequences of jealousy and hasty assumptions in a farcical series of quarrels and misunderstandings involving Sganarelle (the imagined cuckold of the title), his wife, and the young lovers, Célie and Lélie.

Download or read book Don Juan written by Molière and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2001-01-25 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don Juan, the "Seducer of Seville," originated as a hero-villain of Spanish folk legend, is a famous lover and scoundrel who has made more than a thousand sexual conquests. One of Molière's best-known plays, Don Juan was written while Tartuffe was still banned on the stages of Paris, and shared much with the outlawed play. Modern directors transform Don Juan in every new era, as each director finds something new to highlight in this timeless classic. Richard Wilbur's flawless translation will be the standard for generations to come, as have his translations of Molière's other plays. Witty, urbane, and poetic in its prose, Don Juan is, most importantly, as funny now as it was for audiences when it was first presented.

Download or read book Don Juan written by Molière and published by Oberon Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "He's a beast I tell you - a real animal" What happens when you've lived only for pleasure, and you finally run out of time? When you've broken every promise, outraged every decency and slept your way through half of Europe - where do you turn as the clock starts to tick towards midnight? Neil Bartlett's new translation brings out all the dark undercurrents of Molière's wickedly black comedy.

Download or read book Dom Juan by Moli re Book Analysis written by Bright Summaries and published by BrightSummaries.com. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlock the more straightforward side of Dom Juan with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of Dom Juan by Molière, which tells the story of Dom Juan, a libertine, religious hypocrite, seducer, and yet a great lord, who goes against all the laws of God and man, before meeting his spectacular demise. It is one of the most famous plays by Molière, the well-known French playwright who entertained kings and people alike. It was, however, highly controversial when it was first released, causing Molière to delete many scenes so as to cause less offense. This is an unmissable read for anybody wanting to find out why this play was so scandalous and to find out more about religion and society in 17th century France. Find out all you need to know about Dom Juan in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Moliere written by David Bradby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-14 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed introduction to Molière and his plays, this Companion evokes his own theatrical career, his theatres, patrons, the performers and theatre staff with whom he worked, and the various publics he and his troupes entertained with such success. It looks at his particular brands of comedy and satire. L'École des femmes, Le Tartuffe, Dom Juan, Le Misanthrope, L'Avare and Les Femmes savantes are examined from a variety of different viewpoints, and through the eyes of different ages and cultures. The comedies-ballets, a genre invented by Molière and his collaborators, are re-instated to the central position which they held in his œuvre in Molière's own lifetime; his two masterpieces in this genre, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme and Le Malade imaginaire, have chapters to themselves. Finally, the Companion looks at modern directors' theatre, exploring the central role played by productions of his work in successive 'revolutions' in the dramatic arts in France.

Download or read book Don Juan written by Stephen Wadsworth and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book invites the reader to consider the history of Moliere's much-censored and oft-bowdlerized play "Don Juan," and to imagine, through this version of its text, its original fire. Moliere's wildly controversial script enjoyed exactly one performance before the censors and lobbyists started pulling it apart. This version supposes what could or might have been head that night, and means to bring modern audiences into the hour of the play's premiere-the high stakes for all involved, and the alarming effect the text and its ideas clearly had on those present. It includes a brief history of the play's suppression and early published editions, by Joan DeJean, an indefatigable scholar of Moliere, "Don Juan" and French culture. It also includes a brief history of Moliere's political and theatrical milieu.

Download or read book Men and Masks written by Lionel Gossman and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1963. Molière's plays rank among the great comic achievements in the history of the stage. Yet few attempts have been made to understand them as expressing the historical context of the author's time. Most frequently they have been interpreted from the point of view of purely literary history, while the characters have been seen as universal comic types. Lionel Gossman reappraises Molière's comedy in the light of historical experience and interprets it in terms of the conditions from which it emerged. He brings it into the mainstream of seventeenth-century French literature and shows that Molière was concerned with the same things that concerned Descartes, Corneille, Racine, or Pascal. Five comedies (Amphitryon, Dom Juan, Le Misanthrope, Le Tartuffe, and George Dandin) are studied in the first part of the book. A number of basic structures are found to be common to all of them, and these give the author his point of departure for the second part of the book. In the second part, Gossman examines Molière's position with respect to other major seventeenth-century French writers. The comic vision of Molière, Gossman argues, no less than the tragic vision of Pascal or of Racine, expresses a particular relation to the social structure of the time. The subject matter of Molière's comedy is thus, in the author's view, not universal human nature but the men and women of the society in which Molière lived. Indeed, Gossman goes on to argue that the development of society after Molière made it difficult, and in the end impossible, for later writers to see the world in the comic light that illuminated Molière's writing. Even in certain of Molière's own works, in fact, the comic vision shades into something close to Romantic irony.

Download or read book Moli re A Playwright and His Audience written by William Driver Howarth and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1982-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the evolution of Molière's comedy as a careful amalgamation of comedy and philosophical satire.

Download or read book Moliere written by Andrew Calder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of ideas provides an important means of understanding and reinterpreting the literature of the past; and in this study Dr. Calder demonstrates the illumination that this informed approach brings to the comedies of MoliFre. In the course of this study, the author outlines a fresh theory of classical comedy which applies to the works of other French writers of the 17th century; and the historical reinterpretations of MoliFre's two most difficult plays -- Le Tartuffe and Dom Juan -- break entirely new ground.Although this is a work which specialists will admire, it is also intended to serve as an introduction to MoliFre and French classical comedy at large and will be of considerable value to younger students and readers of MoliFre in general.

Download or read book Moli re written by Virginia Scott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-16 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of Molière was first published in 2000 and will appeal to general reader and specialists in French and Theatre Studies.

Download or read book Moli re on Stage written by Robert Goldsby and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Molière on Stage' takes the reader onstage, backstage and into the audience of Molière's plays, analyzing the performance of his works in both his own time and in ours. Written by a professional stage director with over fifty years' experience directing and translating Molière, this text explores how the playwright strove to create a communal experience of shared laughter, and investigates four key topics relating to this achievement: Molière's early experiences that lead to his later theater experiences; his central great plays of love and lust; his comedic genius and his passion for the stage; and the final words and performances of his life.

Download or read book Don Juan written by John Smeed and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1990, Don Juan: Variations on a Theme explores the differing perceptions of this famous character following his first appearance on the European stage in the early seventeenth century. The book concentrates on the ways in which perceptions of Don Juan’s character have altered in response to changes in social and moral values. It examines famous Don Juan works, including those by Moliere, Byron, Pushkin, Shaw, Anouilh, and Max Frisch, and relates them to these changing views. It also looks at a variety of other plays, poems, and novels on this theme, and highlights the important role of music in Don Juan’s history. The book concludes with a consideration of Don Juan’s lasting popularity and whether it has run its course. Don Juan: Variations on a Theme will appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of Don Juan, comparative literature, and European literature.

Download or read book Moli re and Modernity written by Larry W. Riggs and published by Rookwood Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing the theater of Moliere as a systematic attack on Cartesian modernism, this book is richly theoretical with incisive and specific treatment of such plays as "The Miser" and "The Misanthrope."

Download or read book The Blunderer written by Molière and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Blunderer" by Molière is a hilarious and intricate comedy filled with mistaken identities and clever schemes. Lelio and Leander, two young aristocrats, both vie for the love of Celia, a gypsy girl enslaved by the miserly Trufaldin. Lelio's quick-witted servant, Mascarille, devises various plans to help his master win Celia's heart, but Lelio's unintentional interference constantly thwarts their efforts. As the story unfolds, outrageous misunderstandings ensue, involving fake deaths, hidden identities, and romantic entanglements. With witty dialogue and comical situations, "The Blunderer" offers a delightful exploration of love, deception, and the unpredictability of human nature.

Download or read book The Moli re Encyclopedia written by James F. Gaines and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-11-30 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622, the French playwright Moli^D`ere became one of the most influential dramatists of the 17th century. His comedies shaped the development of theater in Europe, inspired his contemporaries in England, and left a lasting dramatic legacy after his death in 1673. Moli^D`re has also inspired a vast body of scholarship, and recent work has dispelled many of the myths surrounding his career. This reference provides English-speaking readers with a current and comprehensive guide to his life and works. Hundreds of A-Z entries cover topics related to his life, works, and theatrical career, including: Plays; Individual characters; Historical persons; Allusions; Influences; Cultural institutions; And much more. This scrupulously researched volume relies on verifiable facts, giving scant attention to the romantic fiction surrounding the playwright. Many of the entries list works for further reading. A chronology outlines the chief events of Moli^D`re's life and his contributions to the stage. The volume concludes with a bibliography.

Download or read book Thomas Shadwell s the Libertine written by Thomas Shadwell and published by Dissertations-G. This book was released on 1987 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book L avare Comedie en Cinq Actes written by MOLIERE. and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: