Plays From English History
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| Author | : Irving Ribner. |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 371 |
| Release | : 2013-11-05 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1136566856 |
First published in 1957. This edition re-issues the second edition of 1965. Recognized as one of the leading books in its field, The English History Play in the Age of Shakespeare presents the most comprehensive account available of the English historical drama from its beginning to the closing of the theatres in 1642 and relates this development to Renaissance historiography and Elizabethan political theory.
| Author | : John D. Cox |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 590 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780231102438 |
Twenty-six original essays by leading theorists and historians of the pre-seventeenth-century English stage chart a paradigmatic shift within the field. In contrast to the traditional emphasis on individual authors, the contributors to this storehouse of new historical information and critical insight explore the place of the stage within the larger society, as well as issues of performance and physical space, providing an innovative approach to both literary studies and cultural history.
| Author | : Niloufer Harben |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780389207344 |
The book offers the clearest definition yet of the history play, its scope and its limits. Historical drama is an extremely popular genre among 20th-century English playwrights. Yet the sheer size and complexity of the subject has, until now, prevented critics from attempting a clear definition. Dr. Harben provides a new and original perspective, taking into account modern ideas of and attitudes to history. The author examines the varying approaches to history taken by modern historians and playwrights, and provides a detailed analysis of the historical source material of selected plays. The study is supported with a wealth of vivid and provocative illustrations. Historical and dramatic criticism is related to theatrical interpretation and experience. This book therefore should prove valuable and interesting to the reader with a specialist interest in the field as well as to the more general reader.
| Author | : Peter Saccio |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 297 |
| Release | : 2000-04-20 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 019988076X |
Far more than any professional historian, Shakespeare is responsible for whatever notions most of us possess about English medieval history. Anyone who appreciates the dramatic action of Shakespeare's history plays but is confused by much of the historical detail will welcome this guide to the Richards, Edwards, Henrys, Warwicks and Norfolks who ruled and fought across Shakespeare's page and stage. Not only theater-goers and students, but today's film-goers who want to enrich their understanding of film adaptations of plays such as Richard III and Henry V will find this revised edition of Shakespeare's English Kings to be an essential companion. Saccio's engaging narrative weaves together three threads: medieval English history according to the Tudor chroniclers who provided Shakespeare with his material, that history as understood by modern scholars, and the action of the plays themselves. Including a new preface, a revised further reading list, genealogical charts, an appendix of names and titles, and an index, the second edition of Shakespeare's English Kings offers excellent background reading for all of the ten history plays.
| Author | : Elihu Pearlman |
| Publisher | : New York : Twayne Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : |
Shakespeare is manifest in the continued staging of these history plays, which first came into vogue thanks to the post-Armada nationalism that swept Tudor England. Through historical dramas such as Henry IV and Richard III, Shakespeare addressed the political, social, and religious needs of an entire nation. In William Shakespeare: The History Plays, E. Pearlman provides an indispensable tool for identifying the source of the timeless excitement provided by.
| Author | : Allardyce Nicoll |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 688 |
| Release | : 2009-06-25 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780521109314 |
Nicoll's History, which tells the story of English drama from the reopening of the theatres at the time of the Restoration right through to the end of the Victorian period, was viewed by Notes and Queries (1952) as 'a great work of exploration, a detailed guide to the untrodden acres of our dramatic history, hitherto largely ignored as barren and devoid of interest'.
| Author | : John Julius Norwich |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 438 |
| Release | : 2001-03-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0743200314 |
Compares the historical kings with their portrayal in Shakespeare's plays.
| Author | : Richard W. Bevis |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 374 |
| Release | : 2014-06-06 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1317870913 |
What were the causes of Restoration drama's licentiousness? How did the elegantly-turned comedy of Congreve become the pointed satire of Fielding? And how did Sheridan and Goldsmith reshape the materials they inherited? In the first account of the entire period for more than a decade, Richard Bevis argues that none of these questions can be answered without an understanding of Augustan and Georgian history. The years between 1660 and 1789 saw considerable political and social upheaval, which is reflected in the eclectic array of dramatic forms that is Georgian theatre's essential characteristic.
| Author | : Tim Spiekerman |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 222 |
| Release | : 2001-01-25 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 079149120X |
This book provides fresh interpretations of five of Shakespeare's history plays (King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Henry V), each guided by the often criticized assumption that Shakespeare can teach us something about politics. In contrast to many contemporary political critics who treat Shakespeare's political dramas as narrow reflections of his time, the author maintains that Shakespeare's political vision is wide-ranging, compelling, and relevant to modern audiences. Paying close attention to character and context, as well as to Shakespeare's creative use of history, the author explores Shakespeare's views on perennially important political themes such as ambition, legitimacy, tradition, and political morality. Particular emphasis is placed on Shakespeare's relation to Machiavelli, turning repeatedly to the conflict between ambition and justice. In the end, Shakespeare's history plays point to the limits of politics even more pessimistically than Machiavelli's realism.
| Author | : William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 1890 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
