Silencing the Supernatural: La Devineresse and the Affair of the Poisons

Julia Tamsin Prest

doi:10.1093/fmls/cqm064

Silencing the Supernatural: La Devineresse and the Affair of the Poisons

Julia Tamsin Prest

French

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Thomas Corneille and Jean Donneau de Vise's comedy La Devineresse ou les faux enchantements occupies a paradoxical position within the wider story of the Affair of the Poisons, for it sought simultaneously to draw on the anxieties of the Parisian public and to reassure them. While the play demystifies the occult, its lessons cannot neatly be transferred to the real events that were its inspiration, and the question of the supernatural is left uncomfortably open.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	397-409
Number of pages	13
Journal	Forum for Modern Language Studies
Volume	43
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm064
Publication status	Published - Oct 2007

Keywords

Corneille, Thomas
Donneau de Vise, Jean
supernatural
Devineresse, La
Affair of the Poisons
La Voisin
Louis XIV
Sevigne, Mme de
Mercure galant

Access to Document

10.1093/fmls/cqm064

Cite this

@article{db5b20b744fe49a29f3660196bde8192,

title = "Silencing the Supernatural: La Devineresse and the Affair of the Poisons",

abstract = "Thomas Corneille and Jean Donneau de Vise's comedy La Devineresse ou les faux enchantements occupies a paradoxical position within the wider story of the Affair of the Poisons, for it sought simultaneously to draw on the anxieties of the Parisian public and to reassure them. While the play demystifies the occult, its lessons cannot neatly be transferred to the real events that were its inspiration, and the question of the supernatural is left uncomfortably open.",

keywords = "Corneille, Thomas, Donneau de Vise, Jean, supernatural, Devineresse, La, Affair of the Poisons, La Voisin, Louis XIV, Sevigne, Mme de, Mercure galant",

author = "Prest, {Julia Tamsin}",

year = "2007",

month = oct,

doi = "10.1093/fmls/cqm064",

language = "English",

volume = "43",

pages = "397--409",

journal = "Forum for Modern Language Studies",

issn = "0015-8518",

publisher = "Oxford University Press",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Silencing the Supernatural: La Devineresse and the Affair of the Poisons

AU - Prest, Julia Tamsin

PY - 2007/10

Y1 - 2007/10

N2 - Thomas Corneille and Jean Donneau de Vise's comedy La Devineresse ou les faux enchantements occupies a paradoxical position within the wider story of the Affair of the Poisons, for it sought simultaneously to draw on the anxieties of the Parisian public and to reassure them. While the play demystifies the occult, its lessons cannot neatly be transferred to the real events that were its inspiration, and the question of the supernatural is left uncomfortably open.

AB - Thomas Corneille and Jean Donneau de Vise's comedy La Devineresse ou les faux enchantements occupies a paradoxical position within the wider story of the Affair of the Poisons, for it sought simultaneously to draw on the anxieties of the Parisian public and to reassure them. While the play demystifies the occult, its lessons cannot neatly be transferred to the real events that were its inspiration, and the question of the supernatural is left uncomfortably open.

KW - Corneille, Thomas

KW - Donneau de Vise, Jean

KW - supernatural

KW - Devineresse, La

KW - Affair of the Poisons

KW - La Voisin

KW - Louis XIV

KW - Sevigne, Mme de

KW - Mercure galant

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=35448979622&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/fmls/cqm064

DO - 10.1093/fmls/cqm064

M3 - Article

SN - 0015-8518

VL - 43

SP - 397

EP - 409

JO - Forum for Modern Language Studies

JF - Forum for Modern Language Studies

IS - 4

ER -

Silencing the Supernatural: La Devineresse and the Affair of the Poisons

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this