LEADER 03553nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910973591003321 005 20240514061237.0 010 $a1-283-35896-4 010 $a9786613358967 010 $a90-272-7923-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000072932 035 $a(EBL)805757 035 $a(OCoLC)769342170 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000980170 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11625056 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000980170 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10958356 035 $a(PQKB)10521974 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL805757 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10517101 035 $a(DE-B1597)719242 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789027279231 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC805757 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000072932 100 $a19860801d1986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$a"Appelle-moi Pierrot" $ewit and irony in the Lettres of Madame de Se?vigne? /$fJo Ann Marie Recker 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia :$cJ. Benjamins Pub. Co.,$d1986. 215 $a1 online resource (138 pages) 225 1 $aPurdue University monographs in Romance languages,$x0165-8743 ;$vv. 21 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a90-272-1731-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""APPELLE-MOI PIERROT"" Wit and Irony in the Lettres of Madame de Se?vigne?; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Transitions; 2. Mask: ""Portrait""; 3. Speech: ""Fantaisie verbale""; 4. Scene: Imposteur Technique; Notes; Bibliography 330 $aThe present study uses modern Molière criticism as a way of understanding Mme de Sévigné. In both Molière and Mme de Sévigné there is evidence of esprit or wit, that intellectual facility which perceives contrasts. Moliéresque critical theory would call this perception the "Imposteur" technique. As the opening lines of Molière's Lettre sur l'Imposteur propose, it is a "discours du ridicule" where ridicule is defined as the incongruous and the unreasonable. This notion depends on an act of intelligent judgement of what actually constitutes the normatively reasonable, and consequently, it presupposes the same perspective on the part of the reader/spectator. Implicit to both irony and ridicule is the complementarity necessary between the giver and the receiver of the message. The application of moliéresque critical theory to the Correspondance of Mme de Sévigné can contribute to a renewed appreciation of the highly intellectual quality of the comic genius of a "spirituelle marquise," a mother who desperately wanted to entice a distanced daughter to regularity in an epistolary exchange, a woman of wit and irony. 410 0$aPurdue University monographs in Romance languages ;$vv. 21. 606 $aAuthors, French$y17th century$vCorrespondence 606 $aFrench letters$xHistory and criticism 606 $aComic, The, in literature 606 $aIrony in literature 615 0$aAuthors, French 615 0$aFrench letters$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aComic, The, in literature. 615 0$aIrony in literature. 676 $a846/.4 700 $aRecker$b Jo Ann Marie$01816952 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973591003321 996 $a"Appelle-moi Pierrot"$94374200 997 $aUNINA