French origins of English tragedy [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Hillman

• Autore: Hillman Richard <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 p.)
• Disciplina: 822.05120903
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-104) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: French origins of English tragedy
• ISBN: 1-78170-004-4; 1-84779-309-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465361003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II