Men and Masks A Study of Molière

• Main Author: Gossman, Lionel (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2019
• Subjects: Literary studies: general; Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 vie...