Racine's Andromaque

Nicholas Hammond (D.Phil Oxford, 1992), Professor of Early Modern French Literature and Culture at Cambridge University, has published several books on early modern French subjects such as Pascal, Port-Royal, Gossip, and, most recently, The Powers of Sound and Song in Early Modern Paris (Penn State UP, 2019). Joseph Harris (Ph.D. Cambridge, 2002), Professor of Early Modern French and Comparative Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, has published widely on early modern French literature, notably Inventing the Spectator: Subjectivity and the Theatrical Experience in Early Modern France (2014).

Notes on Contributors



Introduction: Hector’s Empty Tomb

 Nicholas Hammond and Joseph Harris



1 Andromaque’s Absences

 Nicholas Hammond



2 Actions and Transactions in Andromaque

 Michael Moriarty



3 Misrecognitions and Misperceptions in Andromaque

 Joseph Harris



4 Memories, Fantasies, and Realities of Death in Racine’s Andromaque

 Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde



5 Andromaque or the Desire to Be Loved

 Delphine Calle



6 Overcoming the Shadow: Andromaque’s Ambivalent Triumph

 Jennifer Tamas



7 Translating Liminality: Entrances and Exits in Andromaque since 1667

 Michael Hawcroft



8 Andromaque Translated: John Crowne’s Racine and the Refugee

 Katherine Ibbett



9 ‘Principessa infelice!’ Andromaque in Italian Opera to 1819

 Richard Parish



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