French Reflections in the Shakespearean Tragic: Three Case Studies

Author:   Richard Hillman ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9780719099892


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   14 October 2015
Format:   Paperback
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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 Now available in paperback this study 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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Author:   Richard Hillman ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780719099892


ISBN 10:   0719099897
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   14 October 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of 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 Index -- .

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Richard Hillman broadens the field of known sources by moving from 'scraps' of plot and language' to more diffuse pholosophical or political influences on three characters, each the product of an 'intertextual bricolage' which accounts for Shakespeare's 'ungrammaticalities'... One emerges quite dazzled by the extent of Hillman's learning. Dominique Goy-Blanquet, Times Literary Supplement, 19th October 2012 Hillman breathes renewed life into multiple diverse early modern French texts, illuminating their resonances with mostly canonical English works... There is a wealth of knowledge to be gained from Hillman's deep particular research in French sources-work that will undoubtedly inspire future inquiry. Hillman illuminates another elusive corner of Shakespeare's creative process with this study, representing another incremental - but certainly important - advancement in Shakespearean scholarship. -- .


Richard Hillman broadens the field of known sources by moving from 'scraps' of plot and language' to more diffuse philosophical or political influences on three characters, each the product of an 'intertextual bricolage' which accounts for Shakespeare's 'ungrammaticalities'... One emerges quite dazzled by the extent of Hillman's learning. Dominique Goy-Blanquet, Times Literary Supplement, 19th October 2012 Hillman breathes renewed life into multiple diverse early modern French texts, illuminating their resonances with mostly canonical English works... There is a wealth of knowledge to be gained from Hillman's deep particular research in French sources-work that will undoubtedly inspire future inquiry. Hillman illuminates another elusive corner of Shakespeare's creative process with this study, representing another incremental - but certainly important - advancement in Shakespearean scholarship. -- .


Richard Hillman broadens the field of known sources by moving from 'scraps' of plot and language' to more diffuse pholosophical or political influences on three characters, each the product of an 'intertextual bricolage' which accounts for Shakespeare's 'ungrammaticalities'... One emerges quite dazzled by the extent of Hillman's learning. Dominique Goy-Blanquet, Times Literary Supplement, 19th October 2012 -- . Hillman breathes renewed life into multiple diverse early modern French texts, illuminating their resonances with mostly canonical English works... There is a wealth of knowledge to be gained from Hillman's deep particular research in French sources-work that will undoubtedly inspire future inquiry. -- Kathryn Gucer, Independent Scholar. Hillman illuminates another elusive corner of Shakespeare's creative process with this study, representing another incremental - but certainly important - advancement in Shakespearean scholarship. -- Andrew Vorder Bruegge, Winthrop University. Book Review


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Richard Hillman is Professor of English at the Universite Francois-Rabelais de Tours -- .

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