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French reflections in the Shakespearean tragic three case studies
Title
French reflections in the Shakespearean tragic [electronic resource] : three case studies / Richard Hillman.
ISBN
9781526135094
9780719087172
9780719099892
Publication
Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Copyright Notice Date
©2012
Physical Description
1 online resource (236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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In-house editor: Matthew Frost.
Electronic reproduction. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2018. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
In English.
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Summary
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.
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Manchester Shakespeare.
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Also available in print form.
Print version: Hillman, Richard. French reflections in the Shakespearean tragic: three case studies, Manchester, UK. : Manchester University Press, 2012,
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 23, 2019
Series
Manchester Shakespeare collection
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience
Scholars and general readership of Shakespeare.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Hamlet in Three French Lights
3. Nursing Serpents: French Ripples within and beyond the "Pembroke Circle"
4. Roussillon (bis) Revisited: Five Minutes to Midnight and All's Well
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