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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13226807.
- catalog created "2004".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-210) and index.".
- catalog description "Love and Rivalry: The Ties That Bind -- Power and Identity: The Method in Arnolphe's Madness -- Enemy Brothers: The Interdependence of Orgon and Tartuffe -- "Grand seigneur mechant homme": Dom Juan and the Credo of Conquest -- The World Turned Upside Down: Rivalry and Ressentiment in Amphitryon -- Dark Comedy: Disorder and Sacrifice in George Dandin -- "J'ai decouvert que mon pere est mon rival": Love, Greed, and Rivalry in L'Avare -- Impossible Desire: Becoming a Mamamouchi in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme -- Philosophers and Fools: The World of Les Femmes savantes -- Doctors and Actors: The Victory of Comedy in Le Malade imaginaire.".
- catalog extent "216 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Rivalry and the disruption of order in Molière's theater.".
- catalog identifier "0838640095".
- catalog isFormatOf "Rivalry and the disruption of order in Molière's theater.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "Rivalry and the disruption of order in Molière's theater.".
- catalog subject "842/.4 22".
- catalog subject "Conflict (Psychology) in literature.".
- catalog subject "Molière, 1622-1673 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PQ1860 .K67 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Love and Rivalry: The Ties That Bind -- Power and Identity: The Method in Arnolphe's Madness -- Enemy Brothers: The Interdependence of Orgon and Tartuffe -- "Grand seigneur mechant homme": Dom Juan and the Credo of Conquest -- The World Turned Upside Down: Rivalry and Ressentiment in Amphitryon -- Dark Comedy: Disorder and Sacrifice in George Dandin -- "J'ai decouvert que mon pere est mon rival": Love, Greed, and Rivalry in L'Avare -- Impossible Desire: Becoming a Mamamouchi in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme -- Philosophers and Fools: The World of Les Femmes savantes -- Doctors and Actors: The Victory of Comedy in Le Malade imaginaire.".
- catalog title "Rivalry and the disruption of order in Molière's theater / Michael S. Koppisch.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".