Lindsay Swift
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En Anglais – The definitive study of one of America’s most unusual experiments in establishing the ideal society. Introduction by Joseph Schiffman
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En Anglais – “It is 1721 and young Adam Hanaway, devastated by his father’s sudden death, leaves England to seek his fortune in Lisbon, where his uncle is a successful merchant. But almost nothing turns out as Adam planned. His family’s welcome is cool, and Adam’s rise to the top is thwarted by Bartolomeu Gomes, his uncle’s treacherous clerk.” “As Adam attempts to overcome these obstacles he is handicapped by a certain personal trait. Not, he insists, that he is a coward exactly, but he is inclined to boldly put himself in dangerous situations and then at the last minute run away from them – hence the nickname given to him by friends who had observed this failing once too often.” “While Adam’s mother and sisters wait in England for him to rescue them from poverty, Adam is preoccupied with more compelling women: the beautiful, older half-Portuguese lady Maria Beatriz Hutchinson; the spoiled, rich Gabriella Lowther; and his charming young cousin Nancy. But Adam commits a social faux pas so severe he forever ruins his chances for making a good match – yet no one dares tell him what he has done wrong!” “Adam certainly has a lot to learn. …
Marker, segnali d’allarme
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Le Misanthrope
La pièce est accompagnée de questionnaires de lecture pour une approche méthodique du texte. Le cahier iconographique. Les thèmes majeurs de la pièce sont évoqués par de nombreuses photographies de mises en scène (Marcel Bluwal, Antoine Vitez…). Des questions de lecture de l’image sont proposées dans la rubrique “Le texte et ses images”. L’appareil critique : Biographie de l’auteur et genèse de l’œuvre. La préciosité. La représentation de la Cour. Les grands thèmes de la pièce : l’honnête homme, la misanthropie… Des groupements de textes sur la satire du jeu social (Du Bellay, Diderot…) et les portraits de femmes (Crébillon, Rousseau…).