by Pierre Corneille · Editions Larousse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782038711035
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«L'Illusion comique» is the baroque comedy by Pierre Corneille, published by Editions Larousse in paperback (216 pages, in French).
A father desperate about his son's flight consults a magician who shows him the young man in love with a girl coveted by several suitors, against whom he must fight. The braggart Matamore, a boastful soldier, provides the comic counterpoint. The play combines comedy, magic and duels within the framework of French baroque theatre.
Edition of the complete 1639 version in the Classiques Larousse collection, with annotations, dossiers on the author and the work, and an appendix: «Quatre variations autour du soldat fanfaron».
School edition with didactic apparatus, intended for secondary school students studying French literature.
French physician, author and theatre founder
