Shakespeare's English Kings: History, Chronicle, and Drama Peter Saccio Author - new book

ISBN: 9780195123197

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 … More...

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. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Theatre & Drama>Shakespeare>Crit,Shakespear, Oxford University Press Core >1<

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ISBN: 9780195123197

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… More...

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 tothe 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 revisededition 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 furtherreading 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. Books List_Books, [PU: Oxford University Press]<

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ISBN: 9780195123197

A guide to the historical detail of Shakespeare's ten history plays. This text examines medieval English history according to the Tudor chroniclers who provided Shakespeare with his mater… More...

A guide to the historical detail of Shakespeare's ten history plays. This text examines 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.; History & Criticism, OUP USA<

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Softcover book. 304 pages. Published by Oxford University Press, USA (2000) Media > Book, [PU: Oxford University Press]

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