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Shakespeare goes to Paris: how the Bard Conquered France

Categorie	Secundair
Boeknummer	#305865-VA15
Titel	Shakespeare goes to Paris: how the Bard Conquered France
Auteur	Pemble, John
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London/New York : Hambledon and London
Jaar van uitgave	2005
ISBN10	1852854529
ISBN13	9781852854522
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original blue boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	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. Changin... (Lees verder)g attitudes to Shakespeare have also been an index of French self-esteem, as John Pemble shows in his sparkingly written book
Pagina's	240
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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