Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The death of the author -- Molière's writers -- The early plays and the pirates who loved them -- Comedic authorship and its discontents -- "Je veux qu'on me distingue" -- The school for publishers -- Collaboration's pyrrhic triumph -- Afterword: The death of the actor.
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