TY - EJOUR A1 - Scotto di Clemente, Clément TI - Molière and paratexts - Between defense and provocation T2 - Revue Bossuet 2023, n° 14. Molière et la religion JO - Revue Bossuet (ISSN 2494-5102), 14, 2023 DO - 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-16495-1.p.0103 SN - 2494-5102 SP - 103 EP - 115 AB - In the eyes of his contemporaries, Molière used a singular strategy to defend his theatrical production. In the midst of theatrical quarrels, when paratexts were still texts of circumstance, he used them to provoke his detractors and stir up controversy. More than the reflection of an ideological stance, this strategy stems from a commercial logic, designed above all to distinguish himself from his contemporaries and promote his theater. PY - 2024 DA - 2024/01/31 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris KW - theatrical quarrels, polemical strategy, prefaces, dedications LA - fre UR - https://classiques-garnier.com/revue-bossuet-2023-n-14-moliere-et-la-religion-moliere-and-paratexts.html Y2 - 2024/06/05 ER -