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Shakespeare and the nobility : the negotiation of lineage /
Shakespeare and the Nobility examines, for the first time, how Shakespeare was influenced by the descendants of the aristocratic characters in his early history plays. The Henry VI trilogy and Richard III are among the first plays in the English dramaturgy that reflect the lives and activities of th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Shakespeare and the Nobility examines, for the first time, how Shakespeare was influenced by the descendants of the aristocratic characters in his early history plays. The Henry VI trilogy and Richard III are among the first plays in the English dramaturgy that reflect the lives and activities of the ancestors of sixteenth-century aristocrats. In a time when the upper classes of England were obsessed with family lineage and reputation, the salient question is how William Shakespeare, a socially inferior playwright and actor, handled the delicate matter of portraying the complex and often unattractive ancestors of the most powerful people of his day. In answer to this question, this study examines the lives of the historical figures and their descendants, presenting fresh readings of the early histories, and argues that Shakespeare consistently modified his portrayal of the ancestors with their descendants in mind. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 266 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511480324 0511480326 1282001183 9781282001183 1107180929 9781107180925 9786612001185 6612001186 0511479522 9780511479526 0511551096 9780511551093 0511477112 9780511477119 0511475675 9780511475672 0511478631 9780511478635 |