Shakespeare Goes to Paris: How the Bard Conquered France by Pemble, John

Shakespeare Goes to Paris: How the Bard Conquered France (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781852854522)

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Shakespeare Goes to Paris: How the Bard Conquered France by Pemble, John

Shakespeare Goes to Paris: How the Bard Conquered France

$90.00
Shakespeare Goes to Paris: How the Bard Conquered France by Pemble, John

Shakespeare Goes to Paris: How the Bard Conquered France

$90.00
Format: Hardcover
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It has sometimes been assumed that the difficulty of translating Shakespeare into French has meant that he has had little influence 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 growing French interest in England. Since then, Shakespeare's impact in France has been enormous.

Writers, from Voltaire to Gide, found themsleves 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 his sparkingly written book

Author: John Pemble
ISBN-10: 1852854529
ISBN-13: 9781852854522
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2005
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.46w x 1.05d
By John Pemble
By John Pemble
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John Pemble is Senior Research Fellow in History at the University of Bristol and author of The Mediterranean Passion and Venice Rediscovered.

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