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Much Ado About Translation: Can The French Ever Capture The Genius Of William Shakespeare?

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Post date April 30, 2024

Advertising poster for a French edition of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", circa 1897 Gallica/Wikimedia Commons

A recent bilingual edition of Shakespeare’s complete works has turned new attention to the English playwright’s lasting (but not always appreciated) influence on French literature.

Tags charles baudelaire, english literature, france, french authors, french literature, hamlet, hugo, language, literature, poet, poetry, rabelais, romanticism, shakespeare, shakespeare in french, translation, voltaire, william shakespeare, writers

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