The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare's history plays /
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 pla...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002
Cambridge, UK ; New York : 2002 Cambridge ; New York : 2002 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 The Shakespearean history play / Michael Hattaway
- 2. Shakespeare and the early modern history play / A. J. Hoenselaars
- 3. Pageants, masques, and history / David M. Bergeron
- 4. Elizabethan historiography and Shakespeare's sources / Dominique Goy-Blanquet
- 5. Women's roles in the Elizabethan history plays / Phyllis Rackin
- 6. Plantagenets, Lancastrians, Yorkists, and Tudors: 1-3 Henry VI, Richard III, Edward III / Janis Lull
- 7. Historical legacy and fiction: the poetical reinvention of King Richard III / Marie-Helene Besnault and Michel Bitot
- 8. King John: changing perspectives / A. J. Piesse
- 9. Richard II: Shakespeare and the languages of the stage / Robyn Bolam
- 10. Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 / James C. Bulman
- 11. Henry V: 'the quick forge and working house of thought' / Pamela Mason
- 12. Shakespeare's ancient Rome: difference and identity / Robert S. Miola
- 13. Shakespeare's other historical plays / R. A. Foakes
- 14. Theatrical afterlives / Stuart Hampton-Reeves
- Principal and recurrent characters in the English histories
- Genealogical tables.
- Part 1 Contexts
- 1 The Shakespearean history play / Michael Hattaway 3
- 2 Shakespeare and the early modern history play / A. J. Hoenselaars 25
- 3 Pageants, masques, and history / David M. Bergeron 41
- 4 Elizabethan historiography and Shakespeare's sources / Dominique Goy-Blanquet 57
- 5 Women's roles in the Elizabethan history plays / Phyllis Rackin 71
- Part 2 The Plays
- 6 Plantagenets, Lancastrians, Yorkists, and Tudors: 1-3 Henry VI, Richard III, Edward III / Janis Lull 89
- 7 Historical legacy and fiction: the poetical reinvention of King Richard III / Marie-Helene Besnault, Michel Bitot 106
- 8 King John: changing perspectives / A. J. Piesse 126
- 9 Richard II: Shakespeare and the languages of the stage / Robyn Bolam 141
- 10 Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 / James C. Bulman 158
- 11 Henry V: 'the quick forge and working house of thought' / Pamela Mason 177
- 12 Shakespeare's ancient Rome: difference and identity / Robert S. Miola 193
- 13 Shakespeare's other historical plays / R. A. Foakes 214
- 14 Theatrical afterlives / Stuart Hampton-Reeves 229
- Principal and recurrent characters in the English histories 247
- Genealogical tables 261
- 1 The Early Plantagenets 261
- 2 The House of Lancaster 262
- 3 The House of York 263
- 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
- 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