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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 a

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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. -- Kathryn Gucer, Independent Scholar.

<p>Introduction * Hamlet in Three French Lights * Nursing Serpents: French Ripples within and beyond the Pembroke Circle * Roussillon (bis) Revisited: Five Minutes to Midnight and All's Well * Works cited

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 -- Dominique Goy-Blanquet. The TLS 20121019

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

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