Controversy in French Drama [electronic resource] : Molière’s Tartuffe and the Struggle for Influence /
Prest, J.author.
In 1664, Molière's Tartuffe was banned from public performance. This book provides a detailed, in-depth account of five-year struggle (1664-69) to have the ban lifted and, so doing, sheds important new light on 1660s France and the ancien régime more broadly.
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Controversy in French Drama: Molière's Tartuffe and the Struggle for Influence; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translations; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Struggle for Influence: I. The Stakes and Their Protagonists; Armand de Bourbon, Prince de Conti (1629-1666); Louis XIV's Education; Louis XIV's Mémoires; The Theatre; Chapter 2: What Is a Faux Dévot?: I. The Hypocrite; Vrai-Faux Model; Tartuffe's Hypocrisy; Louis XIV's Hypocrisy; The Carême du Louvre (1662); The Fête (1664); The Struggle; Louis XIV's Mémoires; The Deus ex Machina; Conclusion
Chapter 3: What Is a Faux Dévot?: II. The ZealotTartuffe's Zealotry; Cléante's Response; The Company of the Holy Sacrament; Bourdaloue; Don Juan in Le Festin de Pierre; Conclusion; Chapter 4: What Is a Vrai Dévot and Is He a Véritable Homme de Bien?; The Vrai Dévot; Cléante; Garaby de la Luzerne; A More Secular World; Beyond the Play; The Véritable Homme de Bien; Conclusion; Chapter 5: The Struggle for Influence: II. Tartuffe in an Age of Absolutism; First Stage: 1664; Middle Stage: 1665-1667; Final Stage: 1669; Conclusion; Conclusion; The Tartuffe Controversy in Québec (1694); Notes
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In 1664, Molière's Tartuffe was banned from public performance. This book provides a detailed, in-depth account of five-year struggle (1664-69) to have the ban lifted and, so doing, sheds important new light on 1660s France and the ancien régime more broadly.
Molière, 1622-1673
Molière, 1622-1673.
Theater—History.
History, Modern.
France—History.
Performing arts.
Arts.
Theater.
Theatre History.
Modern History.
History of France.
Performing Arts.
Arts.
Theatre and Performance Studies.