French origins of English tragedy /

French origins of English tragedy /

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Author / Creator:	Hillman, Richard, 1949-
Imprint:	Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description:	111 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	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. English drama. English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan. English drama (Tragedy) Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8271543

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ISBN:	9780719082764 (hbk.) 0719082765 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-104) and 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. He focuses on distinctive elements that emerge within the English tragedy of the 1590s and early 1600s.

Table of 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