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Shakespeare goes to Paris : how the bard conquered France

Title: Shakespeare goes to Paris : how the bard conquered France / John Pemble.
Author: Pemble, John.
Publication: London ; New York : Hambledon and London, 2005.

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Description

xix, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"It has often been assumed that the difficulty of translating Shakespeare into French has meant that he has had little impact in France. Shakespeare Goes to Paris proves the opposite. Virtually unknown in France in his lifetime, and for well over a hundred years after his death, Shakespeare was discovered in the first half of the eighteenth century, as part of a French growing interest in England. Since then, Shakespeare's presence in France has been inescapable. Writers, from Voltaire to Gide, found themselves baffled, frustrated, mesmerised but overawed by a playwright who broke all the rules of French classical theatre and challenged the primacy of French culture. Attempts to tame and translate him alternated with uncritical idolisation, such as that of Berlioz and Hugo. Changing attitudes to Shakespeare have also been an index of French self esteem, as John Pemble shows in this book."--Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Note

Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Farewell the tranquil mind -- 2. genius in the kingdom of taste -- 3. Stranger within the gates -- 4. story without an ending -- 5. Desdemona's handkerchief -- 6. His hour upon the stage -- 7. trumpets of Fortinbras -- 8. Waiting for Shakespeare -- 9. metamorphosis of envy.

ISBN

1852854529
9781852854522

LCCN

2005298492

OCLC

ocm56805747
56805747
SCSB-14690749

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library