Used Book – Dom Juan, Molière

"A great lord and wicked man is a terrible thing." An incorrigible seducer, free thinker, unworthy son, and blatant swindler, Don Juan is a formidable and fascinating, sublime and amoral hero. Society demands commitments from him that he refuses to make; authorities harass him to conform to his duties: what other options are available to him to continue to shirk them in peace, if not dissimulation and pretense? An elusive Proteus, an enigmatic character, Don Juan never ceases to surprise us, and Molière's play never ceases to captivate us. From the avatars of "Don Juan" during the Age of Enlightenment to contemporary stagings of Molière's play, this edition examines the legacy of the myth and the work throughout the ages. It also offers a collection of texts on the theme of hypocrisy in Molière's plays.