Controversy in French Drama: Molière's Tartuffe and the Struggle for Influence (Paperback)
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Description
In 1664, Moli re'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 r gime more broadly.
About the Author
Julia Prest is Senior Lecturer in the Department of French at the University of St Andrews, UK.