| Description |
xvii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-278) and index. |
| Contents |
The Shakespearean history play / Michael Hattaway -- Shakespeare and the early modern history play / A.J. Hoenselaars -- Pageants, masques, and history / David M. Bergeron -- Elizabethan historiography and Shakespeare's sources / Dominique Goy-Blanquet -- Women's roles in the Elizabethan history plays / Phyllis Rackin -- Plantagenets, Lancastrians, Yorkists, and Tudors : 1-3 Henry VI, Richard III, Edward III / Janis Lull -- Historical legacy and fiction : the poetical reinvention of King Richard III / Marie-Hélène Besnault and Michel Bitot. |
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King John : changing perspectives / A.J. Piesse -- Richard II : Shakespeare and the languages of the stage / Robyn Bolam -- Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 / James C. Bulman -- Henry V : 'the quick forge and working house of thought / Pamela Mason -- Shakespeare's ancient Rome : difference and identity / Robert S. Miola -- Shakespeare's other historical plays / R.A. Foakes -- Theatrical afterlives / Stuart Hampton-Reeves. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Histories -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Great Britain -- History -- 1066-1687 -- Historiography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Historical drama, English -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Literature and history -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Kings and rulers in literature -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Middle Ages in literature -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Added Author |
Hattaway, Michael.
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Cambridge University Press.
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| Added Title |
Shakespeare's history plays |
| ISBN |
052177277X hardback |
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9780521772778 hardback |
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0521775396 paperback |
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9780521775397 paperback |
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