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The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare S History Plays
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Author : Michael Hattaway
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-12-05
The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare S History Plays written by Michael Hattaway and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Shakespeare's history plays have been performed more in recent years than ever before, in Britain, North America, and in Europe. This 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.
Shakespeare S History Plays
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Author : Neema Parvini
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2017-11-01
Shakespeare S History Plays written by Neema Parvini and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-01 with LITERARY CRITICISM categories.
Shakespeare's History Plays boldly moves criticism of Shakespeare's history plays beyond anti-humanist theoretical approaches. This important intervention in the critical and theoretical discourse of Shakespeare studies summarises, evaluates and ultimately calls time on the mode of criticism that has prevailed in Shakespeare studies over the past thirty years. It heralds a new, more dynamic way of reading Shakespeare as a supremely intelligent and creative political thinker, whose history plays address and illuminate the very questions with which cultural historicists have been so preoccupied since the 1980s. In providing bold and original readings of the first and second tetralogies (Henry VI, Richard III, Richard II and Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2), the book reignites old debates and re-energises recent bids to humanise Shakespeare and to restore agency to the individual in the critical readings of his plays
The English History Play In The Age Of Shakespeare
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Author : Irving Ribner
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2005
The English History Play In The Age Of Shakespeare written by Irving Ribner and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with English drama categories.
Recognized as one of the leading books in its field, The English History Play in the Age of Shakespeare presents the most comprehensive account available of the English historical drama from its beginning to the closing of the theatres in 1642.
Shakespeare S History Plays
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Author : Robert Watt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-11
Shakespeare S History Plays written by Robert Watt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-11 with Drama categories.
Shakespeare's history plays are central to his dramatic achievement. In recent years they have become more widely studied than ever, stimulating intensely contested interpretations, due to their relevance to central contemporary issues such as English, national identities and gender roles. Interpretations of the history plays have been transformed since the 1980s by new theoretically-informed critical approaches. Movements such as New Historicism and cultural materialism, as well as psychoanalytical and post-colonial approaches, have swept away the humanist consensus of the mid-twentieth century with its largely conservative view of the plays. The last decade has seen an emergence of feminist and gender-based readings of plays which were once thought overwhelmingly masculine in their concerns. This book provides an up-to-date critical anthology representing the best work from each of the modern theoretical perspectives. The introduction outlines the changing debate in an area which is now one of the liveliest in Shakespearean criticism.
Shakespeare S Political Drama
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Author : Alexander Leggatt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02
Shakespeare S Political Drama written by Alexander Leggatt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with Drama categories.
First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Shakespeare S Serial History Plays
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Author : Nicholas Grene
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-01-03
Shakespeare S Serial History Plays written by Nicholas Grene and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
A re-reading of the two sequences of Shakespeare's English history plays.
Shakespeare S Problem Plays
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-07-18
Shakespeare S Problem Plays written by William Shakespeare and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-18 with Drama categories.
A collection containing Alls Well that Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and The History of Troilus and Cressida
The History Plays
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2014-10-28
The History Plays written by William Shakespeare and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with Drama categories.
It is part of Shakespeare's extraordinary contribution to our culture that, through his dramas based on English history, he played a unique part in forming our view of ourselves and our nationhood. From King John, in which through Magna Carta the king's absolute power was first limited and the people's freedoms assured, to--almost in his own lifetime--Henry VIII, Shakespeare wrote a series of ten plays portraying the course of history. It represents almost one third of his entire dramatic output. The overarching theme of these plays is the vital importance of the sovereign's legitimacy if the nation is to be stable. They cover revolutionary times and events--the deposition and murder of Richard II, the Wars of the Roses, the usurping of the throne by Richard III--but they always affirm the principle that a legitimate king, circumscribed by an agreed constituion, is the only proper guarantee of the nation's liberties. There are many other ways in which Shakespeare's patriotism has become definitive. In Henry V's St. Crispin's Day speech to the troops before Agincourt, for example, or John of gaunt's 'scepter'd isle' speech, a sense of Englishness is expressed which still lives in English minds today. The E;izabethan's pride in nationhood was perfectly embodied by Shakespeare, but the poetry of it transcends its own time. In this edition the history plays are brought together with a large group of illustrations which echo and amplify their themes. Gloriously vivid images of England's story are presented here, putting the great plays in a magnificent setting.
History Plays
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Author : Charles L. Mee
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1998
History Plays written by Charles L. Mee and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Drama categories.
A well established historian, Charles Mee is known in different circles as an avant-garde playwright whose caustic, anarchic plays are often based on historical events. Mee's plays combine wickedly witty dialogue with slapstick comedy, seeking not so much to explain historical events as to show the mindlessness of those who make history. His characters range from Hecuba to Wittgenstein to Claire Booth Luce to Joe Pesci; the settings from Carthage to Palm Beach. Mee's plays have been produced at theaters including the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago; the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles; and the Public Theater in New York City. His collaboration with the choreographer Martha Clark, Vienna: Lusthaus, won the Obie Award for Best Play in 1986.
Shakespeare S Kings
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Author : John Julius Norwich
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2001-03-13
Shakespeare S Kings written by John Julius Norwich and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-13 with History categories.
Compares the historical kings with their portrayal in Shakespeare's plays.