Download or read book Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakespeare written by Thomas Peregrine Courtenay and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shakespeare s History Plays written by Neema Parvini and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare's History Plays boldly moves criticism of Shakespeare's history plays beyond anti-humanist theoretical approaches. This important intervention in the critical and theoretical discourse of Shakespeare studies summarises, evaluates and ultimately calls time on the mode of criticism that has prevailed in Shakespeare studies over the past thirty years. It heralds a new, more dynamic way of reading Shakespeare as a supremely intelligent and creative political thinker, whose history plays address and illuminate the very questions with which cultural historicists have been so preoccupied since the 1980s. In providing bold and original readings of the first and second tetralogies (Henry VI, Richard III, Richard II and Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2), the book reignites old debates and re-energises recent bids to humanise Shakespeare and to restore agency to the individual in the critical readings of his plays

Download or read book Commentary on Shakespeare s Richard III written by Wolfgang Clemen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1968. Providing a detailed and rigorous analysis of Richard III, this Commentary reveals every nuance of meaning whilst maintaining a firm grasp on the structure of the play. The result is an outstanding lesson in the methodology of Shakespearian criticism as well as an essential study for students of the early plays of Shakespeare.

Download or read book The History Plays written by William Shakespeare and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 987 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is part of Shakespeare's extraordinary contribution to our culture that, through his dramas based on English history, he played a unique part in forming our view of ourselves and our nationhood. From King John, in which through Magna Carta the king's absolute power was first limited and the people's freedoms assured, to--almost in his own lifetime--Henry VIII, Shakespeare wrote a series of ten plays portraying the course of history. It represents almost one third of his entire dramatic output. The overarching theme of these plays is the vital importance of the sovereign's legitimacy if the nation is to be stable. They cover revolutionary times and events--the deposition and murder of Richard II, the Wars of the Roses, the usurping of the throne by Richard III--but they always affirm the principle that a legitimate king, circumscribed by an agreed constituion, is the only proper guarantee of the nation's liberties. There are many other ways in which Shakespeare's patriotism has become definitive. In Henry V's St. Crispin's Day speech to the troops before Agincourt, for example, or John of gaunt's 'scepter'd isle' speech, a sense of Englishness is expressed which still lives in English minds today. The E;izabethan's pride in nationhood was perfectly embodied by Shakespeare, but the poetry of it transcends its own time. In this edition the history plays are brought together with a large group of illustrations which echo and amplify their themes. Gloriously vivid images of England's story are presented here, putting the great plays in a magnificent setting.

Download or read book Commentary on Shakespeare s Richard III written by Wolfgang Clemen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1968. Providing a detailed and rigorous analysis of Richard III, this Commentary reveals every nuance of meaning whilst maintaining a firm grasp on the structure of the play. The result is an outstanding lesson in the methodology of Shakespearian criticism as well as an essential study for students of the early plays of Shakespeare.

Download or read book Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakespeare written by Thomas Peregrine Courtenay and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare s History Plays written by Michael Hattaway and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-12-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Shakespeare's history plays have been performed more in recent years than ever before, in Britain, North America, and in Europe. This volume provides an accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's history and Roman plays. It is attentive throughout to the plays as they have been performed over the centuries since they were written. The first part offers accounts of the genre of the history play, of Renaissance historiography, of pageants and masques, and of women's roles, as well as comparisons with history plays in Spain and the Netherlands. Chapters in the second part look at individual plays as well as other Shakespearean texts which are closely related to the histories. The Companion offers a full bibliography, genealogical tables, and a list of principal and recurrent characters. It is a comprehensive guide for students, researchers and theatre-goers alike.

Download or read book The Complete Works of William Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Bibliographical Account of the Works of Shakespeare including every known edition translation and commentary By H G Bohn Printed off separately from his enlarged edition of the Bibliographer s Manual of W T Lowndes with some additions written by Henry George BOHN and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shakspeariana from 1564 to 1864 written by Franz J. L. Thimm and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Shakspeariana from 1564 to 1864 written by Franz Thimm and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-08 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library written by John Fitchett Marsh and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Personal Shakespeare written by William Shakespeare and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A catalogue of twenty five thousand volumes of choice useful and curious books on sale written by John Russell Smith and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How to Study Shakespeare written by William Hansell Fleming and published by New York : Doubleday & McClure Company. This book was released on 1898 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: