Looking into the attribute of transcendent genius: George Henry Boker and Robert Conrad’s use of Shakespeare
This article explores the literary responses of two nineteenth-century American playwrights to Shakespeare: Robert Conrad (1810-1848) and George Henry Boker (1823-1890). While Conrad aimed at providing a melodramatic counter-model to 2 Henry VI in Jack Cade, he failed to grasp Shakespeare’s ambivale...
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| Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2010-07-01
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| Series: | Transatlantica |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/4889 |