| Description |
1 online resource (496 pages) |
| Series |
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture.
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| Contents |
A Companion to Shakespeare's Works; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Writing of History in Shakespeare's England; 2 Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists of History; 3 Censorship and the Problems with History in Shakespeare's England; 4 Nation Formation and the English History Plays; 5 The Irish Text and Subtext of Shakespeare's English Histories; 6 Theories of Kingship in Shakespeare's England; 7 "To beguile the time, look like the time": Contemporary Film Versions of Shakespeare's Histories; 8 The Elizabethan History Play: A True Genre? |
| Summary |
The four-volume Companion to Shakespeare's Works, compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely comprehensive snapshot of current Shakespeare criticism. This volume looks at Shakespeares histories.:.; Contains original essays on every history play from Henry VI to Henry V.; Includes fourteen additional articles on such topics as censorship in Shakespeare's histories, the relation of Shakespeare's plays to other dramatic histories of the period, Shakespeare's histories on film, the homoerotics of Shakespeare's history plays, and nation formation in Shakespeare's histories.; Brings together ne |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
History.
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history (discipline)
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Howard, Jean
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| LC no. |
2002074602 |
| ISBN |
9780470997284 |
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0470997281 |
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