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UNINA9910465361003321 |
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Autore |
Hillman Richard <1949-> |
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Titolo |
French origins of English tragedy [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Hillman |
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Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-78170-004-4 |
1-84779-309-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (129 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism |
English drama - 17th century - History and criticism |
English drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism |
English drama (Tragedy) - French influences |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-104) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 wide range of dramatic and non-dramatic material, he focuses on distinctive elements that emerge within the English tragedy of the 1590's and early 1600's. These include the self-destructive tragic hero, the apparatus of neo-Senecanism (including the Machiavellian villain) and the confrontation betwee |
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