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9780815320913

The Mirror of Confusion: The Representation of French History in English Renaissance Drama

by Kirk,Andrew M.
  • ISBN13:

    9780815320913

  • ISBN10:

    0815320914

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9781317945628

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-10-01
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

How did English dramatists portray the neighboring domain of France and its history in their plays? The study examines a selection of Shakespearean and other history plays, the French tragedies of George Chapman, Christopher Marlowe's revealing historical tragedyThe Massacre at Paris,and several literary and nonliterary historical texts. The result is a unique and timely contribution to our understanding of how cultural differences influenced the historical perspectives of English dramatists as well as how Renaissance plays shaped, and were shaped by, their historical material. Drawing on the insights of cultural studies, historiography, and ethnography, this study re-examines the historical representation of a neglected yet influential part of early modern Europe and the paradoxical relationship between English writers and their French subject matter. Although information about France and French history was becoming increasingly available in England at the end of the sixteenth century, for Englishwriters France remained a distant land, its history and people misunderstood and misrepresented.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introductionp. 1
The Mutable Face of French Historyp. 15
The "Imaginative Geography" of Francep. 18
France's Search for Causesp. 25
French Mutability and the Shape of Historyp. 39
Marlowe's The Massacre at Paris: Theatrical History, Theatrical Kingsp. 77
Gendered Conflict: The Histories of England's Wars in Francep. 107
The Reign of King Edward IIIp. 111
Henry Vp. 123
Henry VIp. 131
Fortune's Reign: Chapman's Tragic Heroes and the Kings of Francep. 155
Bussy D'Amboisp. 157
The Conspiracie and Tragedie of Charles Duke of Byronp. 168
The Tragedie of Chabot, Admirall of Francep. 185
Conclusionp. 211
Works Citedp. 215
Indexp. 227
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