Classicizing Shakespeare: Jean-François Ducis and the First European Adaptations - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michèle Willems, Mark Thornton Burnett (Editor)Series:Shakespeare and AdaptationPublish date:1/8/2026Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arden ShakespeareISBN-13:9781350337824ISBN-10:135033782XUPC:9781350337824Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:ShakespeareSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC163KCTBQ
Classicizing Shakespeare: Jean-François Ducis and the First European Adaptations
This book explores the nature and wide-ranging impact of the work of Jean-François Ducis (1733-1816), the first adaptor of Hamlet and of five other Shakespeare tragedies for the French theatre.
Jean-François Ducis is anything but prominent in the histories of Shakespeare adaptation, yet he was pivotal in introducing French and European audiences to Shakespeare's plays on the stage. His Hamlet,...Series: Shakespeare and Adaptation
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arden ShakespeareISBN-13:9781350337824ISBN-10:135033782XUPC:9781350337824Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:ShakespeareSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC163KCTBQ
Michèle Willems is Emeritus Professor at the University of Rouen, France. She has published on the reception and representation of Shakespeare's drama, essentially in the 18th century, and on Shakespeare on screen.
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