02705nam 2200601 450 991046087620332120200520144314.01-61249-385-8(CKB)3710000000449246(EBL)2095925(SSID)ssj0001520833(PQKBManifestationID)12562095(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001520833(PQKBWorkID)11526732(PQKB)10840375(MiAaPQ)EBC2095925(OCoLC)926015324(MdBmJHUP)muse41549(Au-PeEL)EBL2095925(CaPaEBR)ebr11080178(OCoLC)914434756(EXLCZ)99371000000044924620150804h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe would-be author Molière and the comedy of print /Michael CallWest Lafayette, Indiana :Purdue University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (303 p.)Purdue Studies in Romance Literature ;Volume 63Description based upon print version of record.1-55753-708-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: The death of the author -- Moliere's writers -- The early plays and the pirates who loved them -- Comedic authorship and its discontents -- "Je veux qu'on me distingue" -- The school for publishers -- Collaboration's pyrrhic triumph -- Afterword: The death of the actor.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 acrimPurdue studies in Romance literatures ;Volume 63.Publishers and publishing in literatureAuthors in literatureElectronic books.Publishers and publishing in literature.Authors in literature.842.4Call Michael1000802MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460876203321The would-be author2297282UNINA