Women and irony in molière's comedies of marriage
Auteur :
Lyons, Prof John D.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198887379
Date de publication :
13 oct. 2023
Dimensions :
24,0 x 15,9 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
540 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Women in seventeenth century France enjoyed few rights, particularly regarding the choice of a husband. This book explores how Molière's comedies presented women using one of the few assets they had: their mastery of words, particularly the rhetoric of irony, to frustrate the plans of fathers, guardians, and other authority figures.