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Shakespeare's history plays : Richard II to Henry V, the making of a king / C.W.R.D. Moseley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moseley, C. W. R. D. (Charles W. R. D.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Histories.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Historical drama, English--History and criticism.
- Historical drama, English.
- Literature and history--Great Britain.
- Literature and history.
- Kings and rulers in literature.
- Great Britain--History--1066-1687--Historiography.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tirril [England] : Humanities-Ebooks, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book, first published by Penguin in 1988, provides an excellent introduction to the world and action of Shakespeare's history plays. Part I examines the context for Shakespeare's history plays, including the a treatment of Elizabethan cosmology and its relevance to political order. Part 2 explores the 'Ricardian' plays, under the following headings: Mirrors of our Fickle State; Hawks and Handsaws: Modes and Genres of the Plays; This Blessed Plot: Husbandry and the Garden; Passing Brave to be a King: Richard II; This Royal Throne of Kings: Henry IV, parts 1 and 2; This Sceptred Isle: Henry V; A Trim Reckoning: Language, Poetics and Rhetoric.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. A context for the histories
- pt. 2. The Ricardian history plays.
- Notes:
- "First published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1988."--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-45320-3
- 9786612453205
- 1-84760-105-7
- OCLC:
- 923144882
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