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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.

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French Origins represents a valuable contribution to an expansive and painstaking
life’s work.

French Origins offers a persuasively nuanced critique of what Hillman calls the “Myth of the Single Source,” and memorably demonstrates its central premise that writers read and wrote “through and across” multiple texts.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
1. On the generic cusp: Richard II, La Guisade and the invention of tragic heroes
2. Out of their classical depth: From pathos to bathos in early English tragedy; or, the comedy of terrors
3. Staging the Judith Jinx: Heads or tales?
Bibliogrpahy
Early texts and editions
Critical and historical scholarship
Textual notes

French origins of English tragedy

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/09/2012
      ISBN13: 9780719088476, 978-0719088476
      ISBN10: 071908847X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review

      French Origins represents a valuable contribution to an expansive and painstaking
      life’s work.

      French Origins offers a persuasively nuanced critique of what Hillman calls the “Myth of the Single Source,” and memorably demonstrates its central premise that writers read and wrote “through and across” multiple texts.

      -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. On the generic cusp: Richard II, La Guisade and the invention of tragic heroes
      2. Out of their classical depth: From pathos to bathos in early English tragedy; or, the comedy of terrors
      3. Staging the Judith Jinx: Heads or tales?
      Bibliogrpahy
      Early texts and editions
      Critical and historical scholarship
      Textual notes

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