French reflections in the shakespearean tragic: Three Case Studies - Couverture rigide

Hillman, Richard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0719087171 ISBN 13 : 9780719087172

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Hillman explores English tragedy in relation to France with a frank concentration on Shakespeare. He sets out to theorise more abstract tragic qualities (such as nostalgia, futility and heroism) with reference to specific French texts and contexts.

Three manifestations of the 'Shakespearean tragic' are singled out: Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra and All's Well That Ends Well, a comedy with melancholic overtones whose French setting is shown to be richly significant. Hillman brings to bear on each of these central works a cluster of French intertextual echoes, sometimes literary in origin (whether dramatic or otherwise), sometimes involving historical texts, memoirs or contemporary political documents which have no obvious connection with the plays but prove capable of enriching interpretation of them

It will be of interest not only to scholars specialising in early modern English theatre, but also to both specialists and students concerned with the circulation of information and the production of meaning within early modern European culture.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard Hillman is Professor of English at the Université François-Rabelais de Tours

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719087171
• ISBN 13: 9780719087172
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible