03099nam 2200649 a 450 991046536100332120200520144314.01-78170-004-41-84779-309-6(CKB)2560000000085762(EBL)1069670(OCoLC)818847446(SSID)ssj0000712770(PQKBManifestationID)12280895(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712770(PQKBWorkID)10645437(PQKB)11300801(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085726(MiAaPQ)EBC1069670(PPN)242531512(Au-PeEL)EBL1069670(CaPaEBR)ebr10623347(CaONFJC)MIL843762(EXLCZ)99256000000008576220101222d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFrench origins of English tragedy[electronic resource] /Richard HillmanManchester ;New York Manchester University Press Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillanc20101 online resource (129 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-8847-X 0-7190-8276-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-104) and index.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; IndexRichard 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 betweeEnglish dramaEarly modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600History and criticismEnglish drama17th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish drama (Tragedy)History and criticismEnglish drama (Tragedy)French influencesElectronic books.English dramaHistory and criticism.English dramaHistory and criticism.English drama (Tragedy)History and criticism.English drama (Tragedy)French influences.822.05120903Hillman Richard1949-901416MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465361003321French origins of English tragedy2170411UNINA