Comic treatment : Molière and the farce of medicine

Paisley Nathan LIVINGSTON

doi:10.2307/2906292

Comic treatment : Molière and the farce of medicine

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Abstract

When Comedy, Music and Ballet step forward at the end of L'Amour medecin, the audience learns that in Moliere's theater the farcical passage from sickness to health is much more than a theme. Claiming to have a real therapeutic value, the three arts ask to be recognized as the grands medecins, and present themselves as an alternative to a dubious and rather mercenary medical profession.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	676-687
Number of pages	12
Journal	MLN
Volume	94
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/2906292
Publication status	Published - 1 May 1979

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LIVINGSTON, P. N. (1979). Comic treatment : Molière and the farce of medicine. MLN, 94(4), 676-687. https://doi.org/10.2307/2906292

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