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
Autor principal: Hodgdon, Barbara, 1932-2018 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1991]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Histories.
Literature and history.
Literature.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Historiography.
Historical drama, English.
Contradiction in literature.
Closure (Rhetoric)
Chronicle plays of William Shakespeare.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Conclusion (Litterature)
Contradiction dans la litterature.
Rois et souverains dans la litterature.
Litterature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne.
Theâtre historique anglais > Histoire et critique.
Literature and history > Great Britain.
Historical drama, English > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1066-1687 > Historiographie.
Great Britain > In literature.
Great Britain > History > 1066-1687 > Historiography.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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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