The Anthology of World Literature 1650-present
About This Book
Moliere, Tartuffe Moliere’s Tartuffe France, 1664 Introduction The first thing that strikes us as 21st century readers is simply how powerful the King is. Remember that Shakespeare couldn’t put women on the stage; in 17th century France there were specific rules monitoring drama and how it got performed. Moliere, as a playwright, is subject to these laws, as the deus ex machina technique that ends the play clearly illustrates. Censorship could shut down this play and end Moliere’s career. We see
| Category | general |
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| Subject | N/A |
| Year | 2023 |
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| Chapters | 8 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Chapters
- Moliere, Tartuffe
- Luigi Pirandello, Six Characters in Search of an Author
- Rabinardranath Tagore, Punishment
- Jorge Luis Borges, The Garden of the Forking Path
- Tadeusz Borowski, This Way for the Gas Ladies and Gentlemen
- Matsuo Basho, from the Narrow Road to the Deep North
- Anna Akhmatova, Requiem
- Obi Nwakanma, Poems