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A companion to Shakespeare's works : The Histories

A companion to Shakespeare's works : The Histories edited by Richard Dutton and Jean E. Howard. - Oxford : Blackwell,. 2005. - 496 p. - A Companion to Shakespeare's Works. .

Originally published: 2003.

Introduction; 1 The Writing of History in Shakespeare's England; 2 Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists of History; 3 Censorship and the Problems with History in Shakespeare's England; 4 Nation Formation and the English History Plays; 5 The Irish Text and Subtext of Shakespeare's English Histories; 6 Theories of Kingship in Shakespeare's England; 7 "To beguile the time, look like the time": Contemporary Film Versions of Shakespeare's Histories; 8 The Elizabethan History Play: A True Genre?; 9 Damned Commotion: Riot and Rebellion in Shakespeare's Histories. 10 Manliness Before Individualism: Masculinity, Effeminacy, and Homoerotics in Shakespeare's History Plays11 French Marriages and the Protestant Nation in Shakespeare's History Plays; 12 The First Tetralogy in Performance; 13 The Second Tetralogy: Performance as Interpretation; 14 1 Henry VI; 15 Suffolk and the Pirates: Disordered Relations in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI; 16 Vexed Relations: Family, State, and the Uses of Women in 3 Henry VI; 17 "The power of hope?" An Early Modern Reader of Richard III; 18 King John; 19 The King's Melting Body: Richard II; 20 1 Henry IV.

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Criticism and interpretation.

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