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1 online resource (342 pages) |
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PREFACE; TOWARDS A EUROPEAN HISTORY OF HENRY V; European Shakespeare: Fifteen Years On; United States of America/United States of Europe; US Henries; Renaissance Man; Europe: "Appeal by the cultural world"; Ignace Cornelissen: Desert Storm and Henry V for children; Jacques Darras and Azincourt poetry; Azincourt: Site of memory and site of trauma; Centre Historique Médiéval; The tour; The field; Turbines; Trauma; Conclusion; THE BAD QUARTO HAMLET AND THE POLISH CONNECTION; CROSS-HISTORIES, STRAYING NARRATIVES: ANGLO-PORTUGUESE IMBRICATIONS AND SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORY PLAYS |
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THE ART OF WAR IN SHAKESPEARE AND IN EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE TREATISES1. Ideas and ideologies; 2. On Shakespeare and war; 3. On peace and war; 4. The just war tradition; 5. The just war in Shakespeare: jus ad bellum and jus in bello; THE "HISTORIES" OF HENRY VI; SHAKESPEARE'S IMPERFECT MEMORY OF HISTORY; "RETAIL'D TO ALL POSTERITY:"THE CASE OF RICHARD III; HALTING MODERNITY: RICHARD III'SPREPOSTEROUS BODY AND HISTORY |
| Summary |
An international group of scholars addressed questions connected with the relation of the changing concepts of history and the status of history in Shakespearean plays in reading and in actual representation on the stage. Especially interesting aspects of the research deal with the transposition of the time and place of Shakespeare's plays to the time and place of their reception within the context of historical awareness; equally fascinating are the studies which up the perspectives of the medieval and Renaissance contexts |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- Europe
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- Europe
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Literature.
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English literature -- History and criticism.
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History in literature.
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Literature
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Art appreciation
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English literature
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History in literature
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Literature
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Europe
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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dissertations.
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Romanowska, Agnieszka
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| ISBN |
9788323382508 |
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8323382506 |
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8323324662 |
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9788323324669 |
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