Shakespeare's serial history plays / Nicholas Grene.
Shakespeare's serial history plays / Nicholas Grene.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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Y822.33/287
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. The Story of the Histories -- 1. Serialising the chronicles -- 2. Staging the national epic -- Pt. II. Henry VI-Richard III -- 3. War imagined -- 4. The emergence of character -- 5. Curses and prophecies -- Pt. III. Richard II-Henry V -- 6. Looking back -- 7. Hybrid histories -- 8. Change and...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2002.
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Summary
"Shakespeare's Serial History Plays provides a rereading of the two sequences of English history plays, Henry VI - Richard III and Richard II - Henry V. Reconsidering the chronicle sources and the staging practices of Shakespeare's time, Grene argues that the history plays were originally designed for serial performance. He charts the cultural and...
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Shakespeare's serial history plays / Nicholas Grene.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-269) and index.
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Y822.33/287
Record Identifier
74Vv0rgepepb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv0rgepepb
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ISBN
0521773415 :
9780521773416
0521773415
9780521773416 :
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822.33
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991015823809702626
