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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464170803321

Autore

Ribner Irving

Titolo

The English history play in the age of Shakespeare / / Irving Ribner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-136-56685-6

1-315-01859-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (371 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Shakespeare. History & politics ; ; V

Disciplina

822.3

Soggetti

Historical drama, English - History and criticism

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1965.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. History and drama in the age of Shakespeare -- 2. The emergence of a dramatic genre -- 3. Some early English history plays -- 4. The early Shakespeare -- 5. Historical tragedy and moral history -- 6. Shakespeare's second tetralogy -- 7. The biographical play -- 8. Legendary and Anglo-Saxon history -- 9. The history play in decline.