Shakespeare Recycled: The Making of Historical DramaThis exercise in reading Shakespeare's history plays as history sets out to challenge Tillyard's view that the plays may be read as historical evidence for the providence-driven theory of history and as defences of Tudor legitimacy, but are negligible as works of history. |
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Inhalt
Appropriations | 21 |
Chivalry and Kingship Richard II | 51 |
Patriarchy and Gender Richard II | 73 |
Past and Present Henry IV Henry V | 89 |
Drama and the Nation | 112 |
Carnival and History Henry IV | 126 |
Reproductions Henry V | 173 |
Recycling History | 206 |
Politics of Culture | 223 |
Notes | 228 |
Bibliography | 242 |
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Shakespeare Recycled: The Making of Historical Drama Graham Holderness Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1992 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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