Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 283 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9781139000116
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to literature
Content:
Shakespeare's history plays have been performed more in recent years than ever before, in Britain, North America, and in Europe. This 2002 volume provides an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's history and Roman plays. It is attentive throughout to the plays as they have been performed over the centuries since they were written. The first part offers accounts of the genre of the history play, of Renaissance historiography, of pageants and masques, and of women's roles, as well as comparisons with history plays in Spain and the Netherlands. Chapters in the second part look at individual plays as well as other Shakespearean texts which are closely related to the histories. The Companion offers a full bibliography, genealogical tables, and a list of principal and recurrent characters. It is a comprehensive guide for students, researchers and theatre-goers alike
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015)
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King John : changing perspectives
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The Shakespearean history play
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Richard II : Shakespeare and the languages of the stage
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Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2
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Henry V : 'the quick forge and working house of thought
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Shakespeare's ancient Rome : difference and identity
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Shakespeare's other historical plays
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Theatrical afterlives
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Shakespeare and the early modern history play
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Pageants, masques, and history
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Elizabethan historiography and Shakespeare's sources
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Women's roles in the Elizabethan history plays
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Plantagenets, Lancastrians, Yorkists, and Tudors : 1-3 Henry VI, Richard III, Edward III
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Historical legacy and fiction : the poetical reinvention of King Richard III
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521772778
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521775397
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521772778
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL052177277X
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