The end crowns all : closure and contradiction in Shakespeare's history /

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In this bold reconceptualization of Shakespeare's histories as plays that ultimately generate and seek to legitimize new kings, Barbara Hodgdon examines how closure contests as well as celebrates power relations dominant in late Elizabethan and early Jacobean society--particularly those between...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hodgdon, Barbara, 1932-2018 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1991]
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Histories.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
1066-1687
Historical drama, English > History and criticism.
Literature and history > Great Britain.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Contradiction in literature.
Closure (Rhetoric)
Théâtre historique anglais > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne.
Rois et souverains dans la littérature.
Contradiction dans la littérature.
Conclusion (Littérature)
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Chronicle plays of William Shakespeare
Contradiction in literature
Historical drama, English
Historiography
Kings and rulers in literature
Literature
Literature and history
Great Britain > History > 1066-1687 > Historiography.
Great Britain > In literature.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1066-1687 > Historiographie.
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER 1. "Chorus to This History"
  • CHAPTER 2. Fashioning Obedience: King John's "True Inheritors"
  • CHAPTER 3. Enclosing Contention: 1, 2, and 3 Henry VI
  • CHAPTER 4. "The Coming On of Time": Richard III
  • CHAPTER 5. "If I Turn Mine Eyes upon Myself": Richard II
  • CHAPTER 6. "Let the End Try the Man": 1 and 2 Henry IV
  • CHAPTER 7. "A Full and Natural Close, Like Music": Henry V
  • CHAPTER 8. Uncommon Women and Others: Henry VIII`s "Maiden Phoenix"
  • CHAPTER 9. "No Epilogue, I Pray You"
  • NOTES
  • INDEX.

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