[Rubrique (article)] The Shakespearean painter Johann Heinrich Füssli defying French classicism in theory and practice
This paper was presented at a conference entitled ‘Literature and Politics–intermedial perspectives’ at the University of Berne in October 2023. I would like to express my gratitude to Sophie Stokes-Aymes, Anne-Cécile Guibard, Alice Breathe and Lukas Aresta for their corrections...
[Notice] The witches show Macbeth a helmeted head emerging from the ground - Henry Fuseli
[Notice] Les sorcières montrent à Macbeth une tête casquée émergeant du sol - Henry Fuseli
[Rubrique (article)] Fuseli’s Macbeth: bringing « the unclear » to light
Henry Fuseli was born in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1741, but he spent most of his life in England where he exhibited the majority of his works. The fact that English was not his mother tongue might sound insignificant, but it is of great interest since it is through...
[Rubrique (article)] ‘We speak of Lady Macbeth while in reality we are thinking of Mrs. S.’
Introduction
Le 29 juin 1812, Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) faisait ses adieux à la scène londonienne, sous les traits de Lady Macbeth, personnage emblématique de son répertoire. À l’issue de la scène 1 de l’Acte V, dernière apparition de Lady Macbeth dans la pièce, le public interrompit...