Comedy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...wrote caustic, rich satire. In 17th-century France, the classical influence was combined...and others. At the close of the 17th cent., however, such stern reaction...laughter, had its counterpart in France in the comedie larmoyante. In...