Shakespeare
the play of history
by Graham Holderness
"This new treatment of Shakespeare's historical dramas starts out from the social and cultural context in which these 'historical' plays of chivalric antiquity, epic heroism and masculine virtue were produced, and suggests that we need to understand these plays primarily in terms of historical, cultural and sexual difference, and as the celebration and exploration of values that were relatively marginal to central priorities of the late Tudor state.
The plays depict a history clearly and sharply differentiated from their own contemporary present, and therefore understandably remote and alien." "Holderness brings a completely new approach to the corpus of Shakespeare's history plays, reviewing early modern sources in the light of modern theory and modern views informed by rereadings of the past."--BOOK JACKET.
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Historiography, Literature and history, Knowledge, Historical drama, English, English Historical drama, History and criticism, Histories, Great Britain, Kings and rulers in literature, History, Geschichtsbewusstsein, Geschichtsschreibung, Königsdrama, Chronicle plays of William Shakespeare, Historisches Drama, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, historical works, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, histories, Historical drama, history and criticism, Great britain, historiography, Knowledge and learning, History in literaturePlaces
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Shakespeare: The Roman Plays (Longman Literature in English)
August 1996, Addison Wesley Publishing Company
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Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (Critical Studies)
August 6, 1991, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Shakespeare: the play of history
1988, University of Iowa Press, Univ of Iowa Pr
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Bibliography: p. 221-236.
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