The Imaginary Invalid | Critical Overview
Molière had developed numerous enemies among devout conservatives and jealous rivals by the time The Imaginary Invalid appeared. Tartuffe was banned for a period of five years because of its commentary on religion, before Louis XIV’s pious and conservative mother died and the king interceded to allow the play to be performed. But the personal, aesthetic, and moral criticism that peaked in the mid- 1660s had leveled off well before the performance of Molière’s final play. His main concern at this point was not the view of the critical majority or his bourgeois...
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