Representing France and the French in Early Modern English Drama

by Jean-Christophe Mayer

This wide-ranging collection of essays, written by leading specialists, furnishes previously unpublished evidence of France's role and importance in the early modern English literary and dramatic fields. Its chapter-length introduction offers an up-to-date critical presentation of the issues involved: representation, cultural identity, the construction of otherness, Frenchness, and the social and cultural dynamics of theater. The essays in the five...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611490723
• ISBN13: 9781611490725
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"