{"product_id":"shakespeare-goes-to-paris-john-pemble-9781852854522","title":"Shakespeare Goes to Paris: How the Bard Conquered France","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt has sometimes been assumed that the difficulty of translating Shakespeare into French has meant that he has had little influence in France. \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Goes to Paris\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWriters, 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Pemble\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1852854529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781852854522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.46w x 1.05d","brand":"John Pemble","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46070316957951,"sku":"9781852854522","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_832a9032-cf3f-4a1e-820b-22a709e875e6.jpg?v=1724242901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeare-goes-to-paris-john-pemble-9781852854522","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}