Shakespeare Goes to Paris: How the Bard Conquered FranceBloomsbury Academic, 2005 M04 16 - 270 pages 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. |
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Farewell the Tranquil Mind | 1 |
A Genius in the Kingdom of Taste | 17 |
Stranger within the Gates | 43 |
Copyright | |
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