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Moliere in Context by Jan Clarke (University of Durham)

The definitive guide to Moliere'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 Moliere 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, Moliere in Context is an exceptional tribute to the premier French dramatist on the 400th anniversary of his birth.

About Jan Clarke (University of Durham)

Jan Clarke is Professor and Director of Studies in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University. Her research centres on seventeenth-century theatre, with a particular focus on stage and theatre design, stage lighting, company organisation, and the role of women both on and off stage. As well as penning numerous chapters and articles, she published the first, three-volume history of the company that succeeded that of Moliere, The Guenegaud Theatre in Paris (1998, 2001, 2007).

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. Moliere and classical theatre Michael Call; 9. The survival of medieval and renaissance professional practices Marie Bouhaik-Girones; 10. Commedia dell'arte Claude Bourqui; 11. The literary establishment Richard Maber; 12. Are the Precieuses only ridicules? Moliere, salon culture and the shaping of France's collective memory Faith E. Beasley; Part 3. Theatrical Context (Paris): 13. Moliere'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 'Reve de Versailles' Marie-Claude Canova-Green; 20. Court performances and their audiences Laura Naudeix; 21. Music Anne Piejus; 22. The livrets of Moliere's plays Marine Roussillon; Part 5. Reception and dissemination: 23. Audience laughter Coline Piot; 24. The triumph of publicity Christophe Schuwey; 25. Moliere and his critics: the 'Querelles' Jeanne-Marie Hostiou; 26. Moliere and his publishers Michael Call; 27. Moliere In print Michael Hawcroft; 28. Early modern English translations of Moliere Suzanne Jones; Part 6. Afterlives: 29. Moliere at the hotel Guenegaud and the Comedie-Francaise: the early years Jan Clarke; 30. Comedy after Moliere Guy Spielmann; 31. Moliere as national hero Mechele Leon; 32. Moliere in performance: Twentieth- and twenty-first-century productions Noel Peacock; 33. Moliere on the modern Anglophone stage Cedric Ploix; 34. Who and what is Moliere? The film director's perspective Noel Peacock; 35. Moliere in the Arab world Angela Daiana Langone; 36. Digital Moliere Claude Bourqui.

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Moliere in Context by Jan Clarke (University of Durham)

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Jan Clarke (University of Durham)

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2022-11-24

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