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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Pierre de Marivaux Information
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 Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (commonly referred to as Marivaux) (February 4, 1688 - February 12, 1763), French novelist and dramatist, was born at Paris. He is considered the most important French playwright of the 18th century, writing...
 Literary Criticism
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 Lionel Gossman
10,682 words, approx. 36 pages
 In the essay below, Gossman delineates the relations of Marivaux's plays to the social and philosophical views of his day.
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Critical Essay by Derek F. Connon
7,100 words, approx. 24 pages
In the follwing essay, Connon explores differing uses of the devices of role reversal and disguise in L'Ile des esclaves, Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard, and L'Epreuve. The critic argues that these variations reflect Marivaux's movement away from the conventions of commedia dell'arte and towards a more realistic theater.
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Critical Essay by Jay L. Caplan
5,603 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following essay, Caplan contends that the value of love in The Game of Love and Chance mirrors a growing belief that money has no intrinsic value but is a "pure convention, grounded in nothing more than public belief. "
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