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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453751803321

Autore

Campbell Lily Bess <1883-1967.>

Titolo

Shakespeare's "histories" : mirrors of Elizabethan policy / / Lily B. Campbell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-315-01857-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Collana

History & politics ; ; I

Routledge library editions. Shakespeare

Disciplina

359

Soggetti

Historical drama, English - History and criticism

Literature and history - Great Britain

Kings and rulers in literature

Electronic books.

Great Britain Politics and government 1558-1603 Historiography

Great Britain History 1066-1687 Historiography

Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published in 1947 by Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. History, historiography, and politics -- part II. Shakespeare's political use of history.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1947 in the USA. This edition reprints the first UK edition of 1964. Published to critical acclaim, the central argument of this book is that the historical play must be studied as a genre separate from tragedy and comedy. Just as there is in Shakespearean tragedies a dominant ethical pattern of passion opposed to reason, so there is in the history plays a dominant political pattern characteristic of the political philosophy of the age. From the 'troublesome reign' of King John to the 'tragical doings' of Richard III, Shakespeare wove the events of English history in