The Affected Young Ladies (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Moliere
- First Published: 1660
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Marriage, Paris, Seventeenth century, City life, Cosmetics or makeup
- Locales: Paris, France
Places Discussed
*Paris. Capital of France and fashion capital of Western Europe. To pinpoint the place represented in his play, Molière deliberately wrote the name of Paris into his dialogue many times. For example, when Mascarille asks several young ladies what they think of Paris, one of them replies that Paris is the “great bureau of marvels, the center of good taste, wit, and gallantry.” It is the sophisticated manners of the great city at the zenith of France’s ancien régime that are satirized as much as the naïve young women who are victims of a practical...
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