Moliere: stage and study : essays in honour of W. G. Moore / Edited by W. D. Howarth and Merlin Thomas

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin, University of Manchester. Physical description; xvi, 293 p. : illus. ; 22 cm. Notes; Bibl. p. xv-xvi. Eight of the 19 essays are in French. Contents; Crow, J. Reflections on George Dandin.-- Garapon, R. Sur l'occupation de la scene dans les comedies de Moliere.-- Guicharnaud, J. Les trois niveaux critiques des Amants magnifiques.-- Hall, H. G. Moliere's comic images.-- Potts, D. C. Don Juan and ""non-Aristotelian drama"".-- Thomas, M. Philinte and Eliante.-- Wilson, J. C. Expansion and brevity in Moliere's style.-- Fluchere, H. Ploutos, Eros, Moliere et les vieillards.-- Davis, M. G. Masters and servants in the plays of Moliere.-- Hubert, J. D. Les missions burlesques de Mercure.-- Lawrenson, T. The wearing o' the Green: yet another look at ""l'homme aux rubans verts"".-- Mourgues, O. de. Le bourgeois gentilhomme as a criticism of civilization.-- Scherer, J. Dualites d' Amphitryon.-- Barber, W. H. Voltaire and Moliere.-- Barnes, A. Peguy et Moliere.-- Chevalley, S. L'impromptu de Versailles, (1673-1971).-- Fargher, R. Pascal, Moliere, and after.-- Howarth, W. D. Anouilh and Moliere.-- Seznec, J. Le Moliere de Monsieur Ingres. Subjects; Moli�re (1622-1673) - Criticism and interpretation. Moore, Will Grayburn. Moli�re (1622-1673) - Addresses, essays, lectures. Moli�re (1622-1673) - Criticism and interpretation. Moli�re, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de - Studies. French drama (Comedy) - History and criticism. drama in French - critical studies - festschriften. Genres; Festschrift. Illustrated.