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Shakespeare's French Connection : How the History, Literature and Culture of France Permeate the Plays by Margrethe Jolly (2024, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-101476695385
ISBN-139781476695389
eBay Product ID (ePID)14064604900
Product Key Features
Number of Pages257 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameShakespeare's French Connection : How the History, Literature and Culture of France Permeate the Plays
SubjectShakespeare
Publication Year2024
TypeTextbook
AuthorMargrethe Jolly
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2024-021246
Dewey Edition23/eng/20240513
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal822.3/3
Table Of ContentTable of Contents Conventions Acknowledgments and Thanks Timeline xiii Preface Introduction: A Tiny French Connection 1. French, Frenchness, and the English 2. French Chroniclers, French Locations, and English History 3. French Folk, Wars, and Weddings 4. Joan of Arc, More War, and Another Wedding 5. Ici on parle français et apprend l'anglais: Speaking French and Learning English 6. Marguerite of Angoulême, Her Heptameron, and Shakespeare's Women 7. Catherine de' Medici and Macbeth 8. Nérac and Love's Labor's Lost: Nérac et Peines d'Amour Perdues 9. Marguerite of Valois, Hélène of Tournon, and Ophelia 10. François de Belleforest, and the Beginnings of Hamlet 11. How Many Hamlets Did Shakespeare Write? 12. Hamlet: A French Play? 13. Curiosities in Place and Circumstance 14. William Shakespeare: French Matters Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisShakespeare most often locates his plays in Italy and England, and his third most frequent setting is France. Indeed, nearly 70 scenes at a conservative count, and perhaps as many as 100, take place in France in a variety of significant geographical locations. French is also the foreign language Shakespeare uses most; he is sufficiently au fait with French to use it for puns and scatological jokes. He weaves in comments on French fashion, ways of walking, and skills in horsemanship, sword-playing and dancing. Not only does Shakespeare draw directly or indirectly upon French chroniclers but he also presents us with parts of French history. Many French characters people his stage; sometimes historical figures appear as themselves, and sometimes they are alluded to. And the plays demonstrate Shakespeare's reading in French literature and how that influenced him. This work shows us just how widely that French presence is evident in his plays. Other books and articles may focus on Shakespeare's familiarity with Italy, the bible, law, medicine, or astronomy, for example. This book adds to those, shining another spotlight on Shakespeare's remarkable knowledge and eclectic reading, confirming him yet again as a truly extraordinary Renaissance figure., Shakespeare's third most frequent setting is France. French is also the foreign language Shakespeare uses most. He also weaves in comments on French fashion, ways of walking, and skills in horsemanship, sword-playing and dancing. This work shows us just how widely that French presence is evident in his plays.
LC Classification NumberPR3069.F66J65 2024
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