On Shakespearian Echoes in Chapman’s Byron Plays
The purpose of this article is to show that George Chapman borrowed distinct elements of William Shakespeare’s Richard II to compose The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Byron, his second French tragedy, published in 1608. Beyond the thematic similarities and the inversion of Richard II’s structure in Byro...
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| Language: | English |
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2006-04-01
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| Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/2671 |