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Author | : Neema Parvini |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2017-11-01 |
Genre | : LITERARY CRITICISM |
ISBN | : 147442354X |
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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
Author | : Michael Hattaway |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 2002-12-05 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 113982631X |
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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.
Author | : William Shakespeare |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2013-07-18 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1627932534 |
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A collection containing Alls Well that Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and The History of Troilus and Cressida
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Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 1972 |
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Author | : Elihu Pearlman |
Publisher | : New York : Twayne Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Drama |
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Shakespeare is manifest in the continued staging of these history plays, which first came into vogue thanks to the post-Armada nationalism that swept Tudor England. Through historical dramas such as Henry IV and Richard III, Shakespeare addressed the political, social, and religious needs of an entire nation. In William Shakespeare: The History Plays, E. Pearlman provides an indispensable tool for identifying the source of the timeless excitement provided by.
Author | : John Julius Norwich |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 2001-03-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0743200314 |
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Compares the historical kings with their portrayal in Shakespeare's plays.
Author | : Robert Watt |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2014-06-11 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1317876148 |
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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.
Author | : James Goldman |
Publisher | : Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2004-12-14 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0812973356 |
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Insecure siblings fighting for their parents’ attention; bickering spouses who can’t stand to be together or apart; adultery and sexual experimentation; even the struggle to balance work and family: These are themes as much at home in our time as they were in the twelfth century. In James Goldman’s classic play The Lion in Winter, domestic turmoil rises to an art form. Keenly self-aware and motivated as much by spite as by any sense of duty, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine maneuver against each other to position their favorite son in line for succession. By imagining the inner lives of Henry, Eleanor, and their sons, John, Geoffrey, and Richard, Goldman created the quintessential drama of family strife and competing ambitions, a work that gives visceral, modern-day relevance to the intrigues of Angevin England. Combining keen historical and psychological insight with delicious, mordant wit, the stage play has become a touchstone of today’s theater scene, and Goldman’s screenplay for the 1968 film adaptation won him an Academy Award. Told in “marvelously articulate language, with humor that bristles and burns” (Los Angeles Times), The Lion in Winter is the rare play that bursts into life on the printed page.
Author | : Nicholas Grene |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2002-01-03 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780521773416 |
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A re-reading of the two sequences of Shakespeare's English history plays.
Author | : Warren Chernaik |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-10-25 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0521855071 |
Download The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's History Plays Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An accessible and lively 2007 introduction to Shakespeare's history plays and their tradition on stage and film.