| Description |
1 online resource (129 pages) |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 1590s and early 1600s. These include the self-destructive tragic hero, the apparatus of neo-Senecanism (including the Machiavellian villain) and the confrontation betwee |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-104) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Marlowe, Christopher / 1564-1593 / Criticism and interpretation
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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English drama (Comedy) -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
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English drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
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English literature -- French influences.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Renaissance.
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English drama (Tragedy)
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English literature -- French influences
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010284231 |
| ISBN |
9781847793096 |
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1847793096 |
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9781781700044 |
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1781700044 |
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1847797814 |
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9781847797810 |
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