Hernani: Victor Hugo [Hardcover]

John J. Janc (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2001 | ISBN-10: 0761821090 | ISBN-13: 978-0761821090

This critical edition of Victor Hugo's theatrical masterpiece Hernani presents for the first time, the text as the author wanted it to appear. The vast majority of the existing versions of the play are based on editions that were flawed because they did not take into account all of the corrections made by the author. Through the use of different fonts, the reader sees which lines were censored in the first edition and all textual differences between that edition and the one published in 1836. (Text in French)

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

John J. Janc is Professor of French, Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: University Press Of America (December 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761821090
• ISBN-13: 978-0761821090
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,614,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Stirring, Overlooked Drama, September 19, 2010

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This review is from: Hernani (Paperback)

To English readers, Victor Hugo is known almost entirely for his great novels. However, he was also a dramatist - France's most important through much of the nineteenth century and the preeminent force in Romantic drama generally. His plays are still widely admired in France, and anyone who reads Hernani, his first major dramatic work, will see why. Debuting in 1830, it is early Hugo, but much of his greatness is here in near full force: possibly unequaled emotion portrayal, stirring suspense, bittersweet tragedy, high action, grandiloquent dialogue, etc. Anyone who loves these traits in Hugo's novels will enjoy them here. Though not as ambitious, complex, or original as his later prose work, this is a very fine drama that exemplifies Romantic plays and still stands up very well on its own. Those who have been through Hugo's best work and thirst for more would do well to seek out Hernani.