French origins of English tragedy

by Richard Hillman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071908847X
• ISBN13: 9780719088476
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 121 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"