TY  - BOOK
AU  - Halsall,Albert W.
TI  - Victor Hugo and the Romantic Drama
T2  - University of Toronto Romance Series
SN  - 9781442683068
AV  - PQ2301 .H357 1998 
U1  - 842/.7 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Hugo, Victor,-1802-1885-Dramatic works
KW  - Romanticism-France
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Youth and Dramatic Juvenilia -- 2. Theatre in France, 1800-1830 -- 3. Hugo's Aesthetic Revolt (1), 1820-1827: Inez de Castro, Amy Robsart,Cromwell, and Its Preface -- 4. Aesthetic Revolt (2), 1828-1831: Hernani and Marion de Lorme -- 5. The Worst ... and the Best of Times, 1832: Le Roi s'amuse and Lucrèce Borgia -- 6. Hugo's Campaign against Social Injustice, 1833-1835: Marie Tudor and Angelo, tyran de Padoue -- 7. Social Justice as Erotic Aspiration -- 'An Earthworm in Love with a Star': Ruy Blas -- 8. Hugo Abandons the Romantic Drama: La Esmeralda, Les Jumeaux, and Les Burgraves -- 9. Hugo's Theatre after 1843: Le Théâtre en liberté -- Return to the Romantic Drama: Mille Francs de récompense and Torquemada -- 10. Conclusion: The Romantic Drama after Victor Hugo -- Chronology of Hugo's Life and Writings -- Notes -- Works Consulted -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
N2  - In this book, Albert W. Halsall presents the first complete treatment in English of Hugo's plays - a history, plot summary, and detailed analysis of all the dramas, from Cromwel and Torquemada to the juvenilia and the epic melodrama Les Burgraves
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