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    Lectures on Four of Shakespeare's History Plays » Read Now

    by Astere E. Claeyssens, Astere E. Claeyssens, Astere E. Claeyssens, William F. Keirce, William F. Keirce, William F. Keirce, Lewis J. Owen, Lewis J. Owen, Lewis J. Owen, William M. Schutte, William M. Schutte, William M. Schutte. 69 pgs.

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    Shakespeare the Playwright: A Companion to the Complete Tragedies, Histories, Comedies, and Romances ("The Histories" begins on p. 283) » Read Now

    by Victor L. Cahn. 865 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    When Victor Cahn's Shakespeare the Playwright was issued in 1991, it was "highly recommended for any general public library and for academic collections at all undergraduate levels" (Choice) and viewed as "a useful guide for the general reader, as well as high school and undergraduate students"...
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    English Drama 1586-1642: The Age of Shakespeare (Chap. 5 "Early History Plays" and Chap. 6 "Later History Plays") » Read Now

    by G. K. Hunter. 623 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    Shakespeare is usually set apart from his contemporaries, in kind no less than quality. This book, the long-awaited final volume in the Oxford History of English Literature, sees Elizabethan drama as drawn together by a shared need to deal with contradictory pressures from heterogeneous audiences...
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    The Stage and Social Struggle in Early Modern England (Chap. 6 "Kings and Pretenders: Monarchical Theatricality in the Shakespearean History Play") » Read Now

    by Jean E. Howard. 184 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    The Stage and Social Struggle in Early Modern England is a ground-breaking study of a controversial period of English literary, cultural, and political history.In language that is both lucid and theoretically sophisticated, Jean Howard examines the social and cultural facets of early modern...
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    Engendering a Nation: A Feminist Account of Shakespeare's English Histories (Chap. 2 "The History Play in Shakespeare's Time") » Read Now

    by Jean E. Howard, Phyllis Rackin. 248 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    Engendering a Nation adopts a sophisticated feminist analysis to examine the place of gender in contesting representations of nationhood in early modern England. Plays featured include: * King John * Henry VI, Part I * Henry VI, Part II * Henry, Part III * Richard III * Richard II *...
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