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dramatist who
blurred the
lines between comedy and
tragedy with his comédie
larmoyante. In 1731 he
published an Epître de Clio, a
didactic poem in
defense of...
- Comédie
larmoyante (French for 'tearful comedy') was a
genre of
French drama of the 18th century. In this type of
sentimental comedy, the
impending tragedy...
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suggests some
connection with the cult of the dead. French:
salutation larmoyante; German: Tränengruss; Portuguese: saudação lacrimosa
Harbsmeier 1988...
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Comedy of menace, as
practiced by
David Campton and
Harold Pinter comédie
larmoyante or 'tearful comedy', as
practiced by Pierre-Claude
Nivelle de La Chaussée...
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closed couplet closet drama collaborative poetry colloquialism comédie
larmoyante comedy comedy of
humors comedy of
intrigue comedy of
manners comic relief...
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Comedy of menace, as
practiced by
David Campton and
Harold Pinter comédie
larmoyante or 'tearful comedy', as
practiced by Pierre-Claude
Nivelle de La Chaussée...
- the form
transmogrified in the 18th
century as
genres such as comédie
larmoyante gained in
attraction in France,
particularly through the
plays of Marivaux...
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Pantomime Harlequinade Restoration comedy Sentimental comedy Comédie
larmoyante Shadow play
Shakespearean comedy Sketch comedy Spex Stand-up
comedy Street...
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Pantomime Harlequinade Restoration comedy Sentimental comedy Comédie
larmoyante Shadow play
Shakespearean comedy Sketch comedy Spex Stand-up
comedy Street...
- "Salutations
larmoyantes" ("Tearful salutations"), in
Histoire d'un
voyage faict en la
terre du Brésil (1578), Jean de Léry, 1580 edition....
