The dramatic works of Moliere : rendered into English by Henri Van Laun ; illustrated with nineteen engravings on steel from paintings and designs by Horace Vernet, Desenne, Johannot and Hersent; complete in six volumes..

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The dramatic works of Moliere : rendered into English by Henri Van Laun ; illustrated with nineteen engravings on steel from paintings and designs by Horace Vernet, Desenne, Johannot and Hersent; complete in six volumes..

Molière - Personal Name;

I THINK it will be generally admitted that Moliere is the greatest comic poet France has produced, and that he is equal, if not superior, to any writer of charactercomedies on the ancient or modern stage. His plays may be divided into six classes or groups : First, the small dramatic poems or pastorals, such as Psyche, Ics Amants magnifiques, la Princesse d 'Elide, Ics FacJieux, Melicerte, la Pastorale comique, and Amphitryon, whichhe wrote for court festivals, by order of Louis XIV. ; Second, his farces, written to suit the taste of the less refined, such as Ics Fourbcrics de Scapin, le Bourgeoisgentilhomme , la Comtesse d'Escarbagnas, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, le Medecin malgre lui, George Dandin, le Sicilien, V Amour Medecin, le Manage force, Sganarellet and les Precieuses Ridicules, — and yet, notwithstanding their absurdity, attracting the higher classes by their witty descriptions of grotesque characters ; Third, his comedies — r Etourdi, I'Ecole des Maris, lEcole des femmes, /' Avare, Don Garde de Navarre, le Depit amour eux, and le Malade imaginaire, — in each of which the principal object seems to have been to bring into prominence one particular vice or folly, with all its necessary consequences ; Fourth, those splendidly con-

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Call Number: srlf_ucla:LAGE-2475698
Publisher: : Philadelphia : G. Barrie., 2024
Collation: cdl; americana
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 718874621
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Subject(s): The dramatic works
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