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Shakespeare's early history plays : from chronicle to stage / Dominique Goy-Blanquet.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2982 .G69 2003
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LIBRA PR2982 .G69 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goy-Blanquet, Dominique.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Historical drama, English--History and criticism.
- Historical drama, English.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 312 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- Like many of his fellow playwrights, Shakespeare turned to national history for inspiration. In this study, Dominique Goy-Blanquet provides a close comparison of the Henry VI plays and Richard III with their sources, demonstrating how Shakespeare was able to meet not only the ideological but also the technical problems of turning history into drama, how by cutting, carving, shaping, and casting his unwieldy material into performable plays, he matured into the most influential dramatist and historian of his time.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [294]-301) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198119879
- OCLC:
- 51316213
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