Mendacity and the figure of the liar in seventeenth-century french comedy
Auteur :
Wilton-Godberfforde, Emilia
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367879945
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2019
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
453 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this study Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde unmasks the process whereby characters in seventeenth-century French comedy construct narratives designed to trick, misdirect, dazzle, confuse or exploit their interlocutors. Analyzing different incarnations of seducer, parasite, cross-dresser, duplicitous narrator/messenger and deluded mythomaniac, the aut