The French fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare / Deanne Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Deanne.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 47.

Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge and learning--France.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Public opinion.

History.

France.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Knowledge and learning--France.

Chaucer, Geoffrey.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.

National characteristics, French, in literature.

Public opinion--Great Britain--History.

France--In literature.

Great Britain--Civilization--French influences.

Great Britain.

Civilization.

France--Foreign public opinion, British.

Great Britain--Relations--France.

Relations.

France--Relations--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Tracing the cultural legacy of the Norman Conquest in England from 1350 to 1600, Deanne Williams demonstrates how English literature emerged out of a simultaneous engagement with, and resistance to, the presence of French language and culture in medieval and early modern England. Chapters on Chaucer, the Corpus Christi Plays, William Caxton, early Tudor poetry, and Shakespeare examine a variety of English responses to, and representations of, France and "the French."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-275) and index.

ISBN:

0521832160

OCLC:

54365406

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