{"product_id":"1906-hernani-by-victor-hugo-james-d-bruner-intro-notes-vocabulary-hc-book","title":"Hernani by Victor Hugo | 1906","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eHernani by Victor Hugo, published by American Book Company, 1906. Condition is good. Please see photos for full details. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition notes: there are some pencil markings on pages and on the cover, some small tears to a few pages, and average wear consistent with a book of its age. The book otherwise reads cleanly throughout and presents well for a copy over a century old. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew works in the history of Western literature carry the dramatic backstory of Hernani. First performed on February 25, 1830, at the Comédie-Française in Paris, its premiere became one of the most notorious theatrical events in literary history, an event known ever since as the \"Battle of Hernani.\" The premiere was characterized by whistles, fist fights, multiple interruptions of the play, and street protests, with clashes lasting several days. At the heart of the uproar was a clash between the defenders of strict classical theatrical tradition and a new generation of young Romantics rallying behind Hugo's radical departure from the rules, and the premiere marked a major milestone in the history of Romanticism and the consecration of the French Romantic literary movement. Hugo himself named the play after a small Spanish village he had stayed in as a child while traveling with his father, a Napoleonic general, on military campaign, giving the work a quietly personal origin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe composer Giuseppe Verdi used the play as the basis of his opera Ernani in 1844, and the play has been in continuous performance in various forms ever since, a testament to the enduring power of its themes of honor, love, and fate set against the backdrop of 16th century Spain. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictor Hugo went on to write The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Misérables, cementing his place as one of the towering figures of world literature. As a 1906 American Book Company edition, this copy comes from the publisher discussed in an earlier listing in this collection, whose authors and illustrators included Norman Rockwell and Frederick Remington, and which later published the McGuffey Readers, one of the most widely circulated educational series in American history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wonderful addition for collectors of French Romantic literature, classic European drama, Victor Hugo editions, or opera and theatre history. Surviving English language editions of Hernani in good condition from this period are increasingly hard to come by.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67738229768557,"sku":null,"price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1019\/4645\/8477\/files\/IMG_1135.HEIC-Edited.png?v=1792508792","url":"https:\/\/wickandfolio.com\/products\/1906-hernani-by-victor-hugo-james-d-bruner-intro-notes-vocabulary-hc-book","provider":"Wick \u0026 Folio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}