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

• Autore: Campbell Lily Bess <1883-1967.>
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (359 p.)
• Disciplina: 359
• Soggetto topico: Historical drama, English - History and criticism; Literature and history - Great Britain; Kings and rulers in literature
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Politics and government 1558-1603 Historiography; Great Britain History 1066-1687 Historiography; Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603
• 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
• Altri titoli varianti: Shakespeare's History : Mirrors of Elizabethan Policy
• Titolo autorizzato: Shakespeare's histories
• ISBN: 9781136566295; 9780415353106; 1-136-56636-8; 1-315-01857-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790896503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II