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- catalog abstract ""Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière, is an important figure in European literature and drama, whose plays are still frequently taught and performed throughout the world. Locating his life and work in the social, literary, and theatrical contexts of the period, Virginia Scott offers a narrative account of Molière's life and an overview of the place of his plays in the wider setting of the development of seventeenth-century French theatre. Her research extends from Molière's boyhood and his Jesuit education at the Collège de Clermont, through the beginning of his theatrical career in Paris and as a vagabond actor in the provinces, to his days as a court dramatist under Louis XIV. He was a controversial playwright, striking out against hypocrisy in religion and medicine, and finally a cynical survivor of literary, cultural, and marital wars. His relationships, public and private, with patrons, lovers, friends, and enemies inform his work and make for a fasciniating life. This full-length biography, the first to be written in English about Molière since 1930, will appeal to the general reader as well as specialists in French and theatre studies."".
- catalog contributor b11948168.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière, is an important figure in European literature and drama, whose plays are still frequently taught and performed throughout the world. Locating his life and work in the social, literary, and theatrical contexts of the period, Virginia Scott offers a narrative account of Molière's life and an overview of the place of his plays in the wider setting of the development of seventeenth-century French theatre. Her research extends from Molière's boyhood and his Jesuit education at the Collège de Clermont, through the beginning of his theatrical career in Paris and as a vagabond actor in the provinces, to his days as a court dramatist under Louis XIV. He was a controversial playwright, striking out against hypocrisy in religion and medicine, and finally a cynical survivor of literary, cultural, and marital wars. His relationships, public and private, with patrons, lovers, friends, and enemies inform his work and make for a fasciniating life. This full-length biography, the first to be written in English about Molière since 1930, will appeal to the general reader as well as specialists in French and theatre studies."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-326) and index.".
- catalog description "List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin -- 2. Madeleine -- 3. The Illustre Théâtre -- 4. Exile -- 5. Return to Paris -- 6. Husbands and wives -- 7. The courtier -- 8. Enemies --9. Friends -- 10. Marriage (and love) -- 11. Last act -- 12. Envoi -- Notes -- Works consulted -- Index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 333 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521782813 (hardbound)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "842/.4 B 21".
- catalog subject "Dramatists, French 17th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Molière, 1622-1673.".
- catalog subject "PQ1852 .S44 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin -- 2. Madeleine -- 3. The Illustre Théâtre -- 4. Exile -- 5. Return to Paris -- 6. Husbands and wives -- 7. The courtier -- 8. Enemies --9. Friends -- 10. Marriage (and love) -- 11. Last act -- 12. Envoi -- Notes -- Works consulted -- Index.".
- catalog title "Molière : a theatrical life / Virginia Scott.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".