Controversy in french drama: molière’s tartuffe and the struggle for influence
Auteur :
Prest, J.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349465941
Date de publication :
9 nov. 2015
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In 1664, Molière's Tartuffe was banned from public performance. This book provides a detailed, in-depth account of five-year struggle (1664-69) to have the ban lifted and, so doing, sheds important new light on 1660s France and the ancien régime more broadly.