“Appelle-moi Pierrot”: Wit and Irony in the Lettres of Madame de Sévigné
Jo Ann Marie Recker
The 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… read more[Purdue University Monographs in Romance Languages, 21] 1986. ix, 128 pp.