1590s drama and militarism : portrayals of war in Marlowe, Chapman and Shakespeare's Henry V / Nina Taunton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taunton, Nina.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593--Criticism and interpretation.

Marlowe, Christopher.

Chapman, George, 1559?-1634--Criticism and interpretation.

Chapman, George.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Henry V.

Shakespeare, William.

Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.

Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593.

War in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

vii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Fifteen hundred and nineties drama and militarism.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot : Burlington, USA : Ashgate, 2001.

Contents:

Introduction: The brazen throat of war 1

i The real and the ideal: Sutcliffe, Essex 23

ii Alternative model: Northumberland 36

iii Marlowe's Tamburlaine 58

iv Shakespeare's Henry V 62

v Commanders in action: Henri IV of France, the Birons and Roger Williams; the siege of Rouen 69

vi Chapman's Byron 79

Part II Stratagems of war

i Strategy 93

ii Tactics 111

iii Numbers 125

iv Arms and the man 132

v Rhetoric 146

Part III Camps

i Watchfulness: Henry V 159

ii Locations: Caesar and Pompey 183

iii Forbidden presences: the women in the Tamburlaine plays 202.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754602745

OCLC:

46907455