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French Reflections in the Shakespearean Tragic: Three Case Studies
by Richard Hillman (Author),
Manchester University Press (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
Richard Hillman pursues his exploration of English tragedy in relation to France
with a frank concentration on Shakespeare. Instead of focusing on common
paradigms, he sets out to theorise more abstract tragic qualities (such as
nostalgia, futility and heroism), but again 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
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9780719087172
Language English
Binding Hard Bound
Publisher Manchester University Press
Publishing Date 2012-06-15
Total Pages 256