Shakespeare's History Plays: Richard II to Henry V, the Making of a KingLulu.com, 2016 M10 9 - 248 páginas 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. This title is also available as a searchable ebook from Humanities-Ebooks.co.uk and for libraries from Ebrary, EBSCO and Ingram. "Interesting, articulate and accessible this is a very good introduction. Ideal for anyone seeking an overview of the plays."--by Tom Wright |
Contenido
Acknowledgements | 7 |
Actors on the Scaffold | 37 |
Sad Stories of the Death of Kings | 70 |
Mirrors of our Fickle State | 93 |
Husbandry and the Garden | 123 |
Henry IV parts 1 and 2 | 155 |
Henry V | 175 |
Language Poetics and Rhetoric | 202 |
a Summary of the Debate | 234 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Shakespeare's History Plays: Richard II to Henry V, the Making of a King ... C W R D Moseley Vista previa limitada - 1972 |
Shakespeare's History Plays: Richard II to Henry V, the Making of a King ... Charles W. R. D. Moseley Vista previa limitada - 2009 |
Shakespeare's History Plays: Richard II to Henry V : the Making of a King Charles W. R. D. Moseley Vista de fragmentos - 1988 |
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