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Definition of Moliere
1. Noun. French author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moliere
Literary usage of Moliere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"DON JUAN, a drama in prose by Moliere, was first acted by his own company at
Paris, 15 Feb. to 20 March 1665, with a success rivaled only by that of ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"Moliere (1622-1673) BY BRANDER MATTHEWS >LI£RE, the greatest of modern comic
dramatists, was a Parisian by birth,— like those other typical Frenchmen, ..."
3. Portraits of the Seventeenth Century, Historic and Literary by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1904)
"But Moliere soon took delight in them; he even made ballets and interludes to
the Malade imaginaire of his own free will, without order from the king or ..."
4. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1878)
"One for whom Moliere is too eccentric, ... The uniform and reasoned preference
which Vauvenargues had for Racine over Moliere and Corneille, ..."
5. International Perspective in Criticism: Goethe, Grillparzer, Sainte-Beuve by Gustav Pollak (1914)
"Her lamentations are a crime against all those who at that time had real cause
for complaint. GOETHE ON Moliere I have known ..."
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