Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard by Pierre Carlet Marivaux

Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard by Pierre Carlet Marivaux

Marivaux is among the most perfomed of all French playwrights, and Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard is his best known play. The play combines the linguistic refinement of the eighteenth-century salons, the intellectual challenge of the dawning Enlightenment, and the imaginative fancy of the Italian actors who first brought it to life. In Marivaux's own day he was accused of writing in a style seen as affected. Today his linguistic subtlety is perceived as being among his great qualities, though it makes his work particularly difficult for the non-native speaker of French. This edition offers an introduction which elucidates the themes of the play by situating them within the wider context of Marivaux's writing, and notes which clarify the originality of Marivaux's style.

Pierre de Marivaux (1688 -1763) is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing numerous comedies for the Comü¾Ž–”¼die-Franü¾¶”¼aise and the Comü¾Ž–”¼die-Italienne of Paris. His most important works are The Triumph of Love, The Game of Love and Chance (both published by Oberon in Marivaux: Two Plays) & False Admissions. He also published a number of essays and two important but unfinished novels, La Vie de Marianne and Le Paysan parvenu.

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ISBN 13	9782253037866
ISBN 10	2253037869
Title	Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard
Author	Pierre Carlet Marivaux
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Le Livre de poche
Year published	2004-01-01
Number of pages	127
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