Controversy in French Drama Molière’s Tartuffe and the Struggle for Influence

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Edition:
2014
Author:
J. Prest
ISBN:
9781137344007
Related ISBNs:
9781137343994
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan US, New York
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2021-03-15
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
J. Prest 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater, Entertainment, History, Nonfiction