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470:. It abuses metaphor somewhat, and delights to turn a metaphor in an unexpected and bizarre fashion. Sometimes a familiar phrase is used where dignified language would be expected; sometimes the reverse. Crébillon also described Marivaux's style as an introduction of words to each other which have never made acquaintance and which think that they will not get on together (this phrase is itself rather Marivaux-esque). This kind of writing, of course, recurs at several periods of literature, especially at the end of the 19th century. This fantastic embroidery of language has a certain charm, and suits the somewhat unreal gallantry and sensibility which it describes and exhibits. Marivaux possessed, moreover, both thought and observation, besides considerable command of pathos. 33: 1378: 284:, the chief newspaper of France, and he started writing articles for it in 1717. His work was noted for its keen observation and literary skill. His work showed the first signs of what is now called "marivaudage," the flirtatious bantering tone characteristic of Marivaux's dialogues. In 1742 he became acquainted with the then-unknown 361:, to which he was the sole contributor. But his irregular work ethic killed the paper after less than two years. Thus, for nearly twenty years, the theatre, especially the Comédie Italienne, was Marivaux's chief support. His plays were well received by the actors of the Comédie Française, but were rarely successful there. 1467: 295:
Marivaux is reputed to have been a witty conversationalist, with a somewhat contradictory personality. He was extremely good-natured but fond of saying very severe things, unhesitating in his acceptance of favours (he drew a regular annuity from
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said, Marivaux's characters not only tell each other and the reader everything they have thought, but everything that they would like to persuade themselves that they have thought.
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financier whose name from birth was Carlet, but who assumed the surname of Chamblain, and then that of Marivaux. He brought up his family in
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is the main point of importance about Marivaux's literary work, though the best of the comedies have great merits, and
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He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing numerous
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The early 1720s were very important for Marivaux; he wrote a comedy (now mostly lost) called
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became his enemy and often disparaged him. Marivaux's friends included Helvétius,
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is an extremely important step in the development of the French novel. That, and
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at the Comédie Italienne. He also endeavoured to start a weekly newspaper, the
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Pharsamon ou Les Folies romanesques (Pharsamond, or the New Knight-Errand)
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in 1742. For the next twenty years, he contributed occasionally to the
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In 1731 Marivaux published the first two parts of his great novel,
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Then Marivaux's literary ardour entered a new phase. He parodied
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Marivaux wrote between 30 and 40 plays, the best of which are
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in 1734. But the same causes which had proved fatal to the
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Marivaux had a connection with two fashionable theatres:
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Le Triomphe de Plutus (Money Makes the World Go Round)
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Marivaux is said to have written his first play, the
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His pen now became almost his sole resource. 292:though it wasn't produced till long afterwards. 1458:Works by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 406:prevented these later efforts from succeeding. 1741:18th-century French dramatists and playwrights 1518: 1504: 1483:Bibliography, Analysis of L'Ile des esclaves 1412: 1072:(Italy, 1914, short film, based on the play 697:L'Heureux Stratagème (Successful Strategies) 1263:(France, 1995, TV film, based on the novel 1615:Louis de Beaupoil, Comte de Sainte-Aulaire 1511: 1497: 1388: 1238:(France, 1985, TV film, based on the play 1165:(France, 1968, TV film, based on the play 1140:(France, 1967, TV film, based on the play 1371: 1591:Claude-François Lysarde de Radonvilliers 1369: 1367: 1365: 1363: 1361: 1359: 1357: 1355: 1353: 1351: 1297:(1732) was filmed in English in 2001 as 1176:Caribia – Ein Filmrausch in Stereophonie 466:, though there are traces of it even in 353:had played at the Comédie Française and 1394:Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de 1190:(West Germany, 1978, based on the play 682:Les Serments indiscrets (Careless Vows) 172:of Paris. His most important works are 1718: 1415:Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius 1050: 944:Les Effets surprenants de la sympathie 868: 447:, have some connection to the work of 245:, and a book which had three titles – 134:Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 49:Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 1575:Claude-François-Alexandre Houtteville 1492: 1348: 561:ou Le Fourbe puni (The False Servant) 398:appeared in 1727, and another called 140: 1468:Works by or about Pierre de Marivaux 1115:(Argentina, 1944, based on the play 994: 142:[pjɛʁkaʁlɛdəʃɑ̃blɛ̃dəmaʁivo] 13: 883:Lettres sur les habitants de Paris 323: 239:Effets surprenants de la sympathie 14: 1762: 1746:Members of the Académie Française 1442: 1281:(France, 2000, based on the play 1222:(France, 1984, based on the play 1090:(France, 1940, based on the play 1376: 31: 457:Claude Prosper Jolyot Crébillon 338:, and an unsuccessful tragedy, 314:Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle 1421: 1406: 1335:Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard 1126:Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard 1027: 888:Lettres contenant une aventure 653:Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard 615:La Seconde Surprise de l'amour 428: 230:, where he directed the mint. 181:Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard 16:French playwright and novelist 1: 1751:18th-century French novelists 1631:Prosper Duvergier de Hauranne 1341: 893:Pensées sur differents sujets 655:(The Game of Love and Chance) 288:, helping him revise a play, 1101:El juego del amor y del azar 508:(Harlequin's Lesson of Love) 490:Le Père prudent et équitable 7: 1671:Louis-Pasteur Vallery-Radot 1607:Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret 1449:Works by Pierre de Marivaux 1143:The Game of Love and Chance 1118:The Game of Love and Chance 1093:The Game of Love and Chance 1075:The Game of Love and Chance 637:lost and then rewritten in 380:The Game of Love and Chance 376:Jeu de l'amour et du hasard 304:. 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Romantic comedy
Lumières
[pjɛʁkaʁlɛdəʃɑ̃blɛ̃dəmaʁivo]
playwright
novelist
comedies
Comédie-Française
Comédie-Italienne
Le Triomphe de l'amour
Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard
Les Fausses Confidences
unfinished
La Vie de Marianne
Le Paysan parvenu
Norman
Limoges
Riom
Auvergne
Homer
Antoine Houdar de La Motte
François Fénelon
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Claude Adrien Helvétius
Voltaire

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