Shakespeare's histories and counter-histories:

"Shakespeare's history plays have always been pivotal to our understanding of his works. This collection renews attention to these crucial plays by exploring official and unofficial versions of the past, histories and counter-histories, in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. B...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester [u.a.] Manchester Univ. Press 2006
Edition:1. publ.
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Shakespeare's history plays have always been pivotal to our understanding of his works. This collection renews attention to these crucial plays by exploring official and unofficial versions of the past, histories and counter-histories, in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. By exploring the diversity of Shakespeare's engagement with history in all its forms, these contributors open up a range of new interpretive possibilities for understanding the way history 'plays' with the past."--From book jacket.
Physical Description:IX, 243 S.
ISBN:0719070740
9780719070747

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