The raisonneurs and the critics
L'école des maris: the raisonneur as brother and sparring partner
L'école des femmes: the raisonneur as friend and counsellor
Tartuffe: the raisonneur as brother-in-law and polemicist
Le misanthrope: the raisonneur as friend and rival
Le malade imaginaire: the raisonneur as brother and impresario.
Molière : reasoning with fools by Michael Hawcroft. ISBN 9780199228836. Published by Oxford University Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.