The Would-Be Author Molière and the Comedy of Print

This book is the first full-length study to examine Molière's evolving (and at times contradictory) authorial strategies, as evidenced both by his portrayal of authors and publication within the plays and by his own interactions with the seventeenth-century Parisian publishing industry. Histor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Call, Michael (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ashland : Purdue University Press 2015.
Colección:Purdue studies in romance literatures
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Sumario:This book is the first full-length study to examine Molière's evolving (and at times contradictory) authorial strategies, as evidenced both by his portrayal of authors and publication within the plays and by his own interactions with the seventeenth-century Parisian publishing industry. Historians of the book have described the time period that coincides with Molière's theatrical activity as centrally important to the development of authors' rights and to the professionalization of the literary field. A seventeenth-century author, however, was not so much born as negotiated through often acrim
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (455 p.)
ISBN:9781612493862