Smith Shakespeare's Histories

A Guide to Criticism
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77688-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Guides to Criticism

This Guide steers students through four centuries ofcritical writing on Shakespeare's history plays, enhancingtheir enjoyment and broadening their critical repertoire.
* * Guides students through four centuries of critical writing onShakespeare's history plays.
* Covers both significant early views and recent criticalinterventions.
* Substantial editorial material links the articles and placesthem in context.
* Annotated suggestions for further reading allow students toinvestigate further.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Emma

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1. The Development of Criticism of Shakespeare'sHistories:.
2. Genre:.
Overview.
Marjorie Garber, 'Descanting on Deformity: RichardIII and the Shape of History'.
Paola Pugliatti, 'Time, Space and the Instability ofHistory in the Henry IV sequence'.
3. Language:.
Overview.
Harry Berger, 'Psychoanalysing the Shakespeare text: Thefirst three scenes of the Henriad'.
Sandra Fischer, 'He Means to Pay': Value andMetaphor in the Lancastrian Tetralogy.
4. Gender and Sexuality:.
Overview.
Leah Marcus, 'Elizabeth'.
Jean Howard and Phyllis Rackin, 'King John'.
5. History and Politics:.
Overview.
Andrew Murphy, 'Shakespeare's IrishHistory'.
Graham Holderness, 'What Ish My Nation?' Shakespeareand National Identities.
6. Performance:.
Overview.
Margaret Shewring, 'In the Context of EnglishHistory'.
Alan Dessen, 'Stagecraft and Imagery inShakespeare's Henry VI'.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Emma Smith is Fellow of Hertford College and Lecturer in English at Oxford University. Her publications include Thomas Kyd: The Spanish Tragedie (ed. 1998) and Shakespeare in Production: Henry V (2000), as well as two other edited volumes in the Blackwell Guides to Criticism series: Shakespeare's Comedies (2004) and Shakespeare's Tragedies (2004)