The Character of Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas (Classic Reprint)

James D. Bruner

ISBN 10: 1332402747 / ISBN 13: 9781332402748

Published by Forgotten Books, 2018

About this Item

Print on Demand. This book examines the complexities of Victor Hugo's characterisation of Ruy Blas, the ambitious lackey and minister in his acclaimed play. The author provides a detailed analysis of the character's inner struggles and motivations, drawing insights from the author's unique style of portraying dramatic figures. The book delves into the play's Romantic literary context and explores its themes of social injustice, ambition, and the conflict between personal desires and public duty. By examining the interplay between Ruy Blas's inner life and his external world, the author reveals the profound insights into human nature that the play offers. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Character of Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332402747
• ISBN 13: 9781332402748
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
• Seller catalogs:
  • Motivational

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Synopsis

This book examines the complexities of Victor Hugo's characterisation of Ruy Blas, the ambitious lackey and minister in his acclaimed play. The author provides a detailed analysis of the character's inner struggles and motivations, drawing insights from the author's unique style of portraying dramatic figures. The book delves into the play's Romantic literary context and explores its themes of social injustice, ambition, and the conflict between personal desires and public duty. By examining the interplay between Ruy Blas's inner life and his external world, the author reveals the profound insights into human nature that the play offers.

About the Author

The best-known of the French Romantic writers, Victor Hugo was a poet, novelist, dramatist, and political critic. Hugo was an avid supporter of French republicanism and advocate for social and political equality, themes that reflect most strongly in his works Les Mis?rables, Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame), and Le Dernier jour d'un condamn? (The Last Day of a Condemned Man). Hugo s literary works were successful from the outset, earning him a pension from Louis XVIII and membership in the prestigious Acad?mie fran?aise, and influencing the work of literary figures such as Albert Camus, Charles Dickens, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Elevated to the peerage by King Louis-Philippe, Hugo played an active role in French politics through the 1848 Revolution and into the Second and Third Republics. Hugo died in 1885, revered not only for his influence on French literature, but also for his role in shaping French democracy. He is buried in the Panth?on alongside Alexandre Dumas and ?mile Zola.