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A companion to Shakespeare's works. Volume 2, Histories /

This four-volume Companion to Shakespeare's Works, compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely comprehensive snapshot of current Shakespeare criticism. Brings together new essays from a mixture of younger and more established scholars from around the world - Australia, Canada, France, New Ze...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dutton, Richard, 1948-, Howard, Jean E. (Jean Elizabeth), 1948-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.
Series:Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 18.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Writing of History in Shakespeare's England / Ivo Kamps
  • Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists of History / Richard Helgerson
  • Censorship and the Problems With History in Shakespeare's England / Cyndia Susan Clegg
  • Nation Formation and the English History Plays / Patricia A. Cahill
  • The Irish Text and Subtext of Shakespeare's English Histories / Willy Maley
  • Theories of Kingship in Shakespeare's England / William C. Carroll
  • To Beguile the Time, Look Like the Time: Contemporary Film Versions of Shakespeare's Histories / Peter J. Smith
  • The Elizabethan History Play: A True Genre? / Paulina Kewes
  • Damned Commotion: Riot and Rebellion in Shakespeare's Histories / James Holstun
  • Manliness Before Individualism: Masculinity, Effeminacy, and Homoerotics in Shakespeare's History Plays / Rebecca Ann Bach
  • French Marriages and the Protestant Nation in Shakespeare's History Plays / Linda Gregerson
  • The First Tetralogy in Performance / Ric Knowles
  • The Second Tetralogy: Performance as Interpretation / Lois Potter
  • 1 Henry VI / David Bevington
  • Suffolk and the Pirates: Disordered Relations in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI / Thomas Cartelli
  • Vexed Relations: Family, State, and the Uses of Women in 3 Henry VI / Kathryn Schwarz
  • The Power of Hope? An Early Modern Reader of Richard III / James Siemon
  • King John / Virginia Mason Vaughan
  • The King's Melting Body: Richard II / Lisa Hopkins
  • 1 Henry IV / James Knowles
  • Henry IV, Part 2 / Jonathan Crewe
  • Henry V / Andrew Hadfield.₉