The English history play in the age of Shakespeare / Irving Ribner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ribner, Irving, author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Shakespeare ; 5.

Routledge library editions. Shakespeare. History & politics ; V

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Histories.

Shakespeare, William.

Historical drama, English--History and criticism.

Historical drama, English.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1957. This edition re-issues the second edition of 1965. Recognized as one of the leading books in its field, The English History Play in the Age of Shakespeare presents the most comprehensive account available of the English historical drama from its beginning to the closing of the theatres in 1642 and relates this development to Renaissance historiography and Elizabethan political theory.

Contents:

1. History and drama in the age of Shakespeare

2. The emergence of a dramatic genre

3. Some early English history plays

4. The early Shakespeare

5. Historical tragedy and moral history

6. Shakespeare's second tetralogy

7. The biographical play

8. Legendary and Anglo-Saxon history

9. The history play in decline.

Notes:

First published in 1965.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 28, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-56692-9

1-136-56685-6

1-315-01859-4

9781315018591

OCLC:

863823629