The Hypochondriac (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Moliere
- First Published: 1674
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Doctors, Paris, Seventeenth century, Pharmacies or pharmacists
- Locales: Paris, France
Places Discussed
Argan’s bedchamber (ahr-GAH[N]Z). Bedroom of the hypochondriac of the play’s title. This play is an excellent example of how place can have critical importance in the creative process. The dramatic conventions of Molière’s time required adherence to the Aristotelian unity of place. His creative solution to the problem of confining the action to a single location was to invent a character gullible and rich enough to employ a doctor and an apothecary on a full-time basis to treat his nonexistent maladies. Once Molière imagined this neurotic character, it...
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