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The article is a critical reading of one of Molière's famous comical works- Le Bourgeois gentilhomme.
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Molière is often regarded as the Shakespeare of the French language. The interpretation of his comical work has been the subject of debate for generations. One notorious debate is whether one should consider him anti-bourgeois or anti-noblesse. My article makes a new contribution to this debate.
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Molière is often regarded as the Shakespeare of the French language. The interpretation of his comical work has been the subject of debate for generations. One notorious debate is whether one should consider him anti-bourgeois or anti-noblesse. My article makes a new contribution to this debate.
Kirk Weeden
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This page is a summary of: “Mon cher ami”: Friendship in Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Australian Journal of French Studies, July 2017, Liverpool University Press,
DOI: 10.3828/ajfs.2017.20.
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