French origins of English tragedy.

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Richard Hillman applies to tragic patterns and practices in early modern England his long-standing critical preoccupation with English-French cultural connections in the period. With primary, though not exclusive, reference on the English side to Shakespeare and Marlowe, and on the French side to a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hillman, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Marlowe, Christopher / 1564-1593 / Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
English drama (Comedy) > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
English drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
English literature > French influences.
Tragédie anglaise > Histoire et critique.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Renaissance.
English drama (Tragedy)
English literature > French influences
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 9780719082764; 9780719082764; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Textual note; 1 Introduction; 2 On the generic cusp:Richard II, La Guisiade and the invention of tragic heroes; 3 Out of their classical depth:from pathos to bathos in early English tragedy; or, the comedy of terrors; 4 Staging the Judith jinx: heads or tales?; Works cited; Index.

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