"In critical readings of ten of Moliere's most important plays, this
book argues that a rivalry that endangers order by collapsing
differences structures the works and provides a key to their
understanding.".
"Moliere's great comic characters all want desperately something that
they cannot have. The objects of their desire may vary, but the
presence of desire itself remains a constant. In L'Ecole des femmes,
Amolphe wants, above all, to avoid cuckoldry. The title character in
Dom Juan covets women.
The bourgeois Monsieur Jourdain does all in his power to become a
gentleman in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, and the eponymous character in
George Dandin views his woes as the price of an ill-fated marriage
that he had hoped would elevate him to noble rank. Le malade
imaginaire, Argan, has a seemingly crazy desire to be sick. The list
could go on."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-210) and index.
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