Shakespeare and English HistoryLittlefield, 1966 - 149 pagini The ten history plays of Shakespeare, when studied in historical sequence, cover a period of 320 years. In this unusual book, the action in each of the plays is synopsized, and characters and motivations are discussed in detail The author introduces each of the plays with a lengthy description of the actual history of the period in which the Shakespeare play takes place, so that students may readily grasp Shakespeare's art in constructing drama out of history. -- From publisher's description. |
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... play , and naturally a number of incidents had to be combined in order to bring into the action all the details he desired . In the second place , it is now evident that Shakespeare used as the source of his play an older play , written ...
... play , and naturally a number of incidents had to be combined in order to bring into the action all the details he desired . In the second place , it is now evident that Shakespeare used as the source of his play an older play , written ...
Pagina 60
... play furn- ishes the poet with a filler , so to speak ; he had too much ma- terial for one play of five acts , and too little for two plays ; by introducing Falstaff and his coterie Shakespeare makes out two full plays of five acts each ...
... play furn- ishes the poet with a filler , so to speak ; he had too much ma- terial for one play of five acts , and too little for two plays ; by introducing Falstaff and his coterie Shakespeare makes out two full plays of five acts each ...
Pagina 135
... play Shakespeare very evidently used material from Foxe's Actes and Monumentes of the Churche ( 1563 ) . A great amount of argument has been made also concern- ing the authorship of the play , some critics claiming that Shakespeare ...
... play Shakespeare very evidently used material from Foxe's Actes and Monumentes of the Churche ( 1563 ) . A great amount of argument has been made also concern- ing the authorship of the play , some critics claiming that Shakespeare ...
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Kings of England 10661272 | 6 |
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action affairs Anjou Anne army Arthur barons battle became Bedford Bishop Black Prince born brother Buckingham Calais captured character Charles Charles VI Chronicles claim court crown Date of Composition daughter death defeated deposed died dramatic Duke of Gloucester Duke of York Earl of March Edmund Mortimer Edward Edward III Elizabeth English history Falstaff father Faulconbridge forces French king Glendower Hastings Henry Bolingbroke Henry's historical plays Holinshed Hotspur immediately Isabella Joan John of Gaunt John's Katharine King Henry King John king of England king of France king's Lady Lancaster later London Lord Louis Margaret marriage married mother murdered Normandy Northumberland parliament peace Percy Philip Plantagenet Play Historic plot Pope protector quarrel queen rebellion reign Richard II Richard of Gloucester Roger Salic Law says scene Shakespeare slain Somerset Suffolk thee thou throne Tower uncle victory Wales Warwick wife William Winchester Wolsey Yorkists