Unconformities in Shakespeare’s History Plays |
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... dramatist is naturally not obliged to defer to his sources or even to historical accuracy . There is a complication , too , in the possibility that he may have carried a specific source in his mind more completely than appears from his ...
... dramatist is naturally not obliged to defer to his sources or even to historical accuracy . There is a complication , too , in the possibility that he may have carried a specific source in his mind more completely than appears from his ...
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K. Smidt. would only be put in by a dramatist who knew quite well what he was about ' . He sees ' the only complete parallel to this careful treatment of time . . . in Faustus ' . ( “ The Structure of Richard the Third ' , Durham Univ ...
K. Smidt. would only be put in by a dramatist who knew quite well what he was about ' . He sees ' the only complete parallel to this careful treatment of time . . . in Faustus ' . ( “ The Structure of Richard the Third ' , Durham Univ ...
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... dramatist achieves a somewhat detached tolerance in his attitude towards historical figures , and at the same time a critical attitude towards politics and those who take part in it . At least one critic has also found a psychological ...
... dramatist achieves a somewhat detached tolerance in his attitude towards historical figures , and at the same time a critical attitude towards politics and those who take part in it . At least one critic has also found a psychological ...
Contents
The Whole Contention One Play into Two | 19 |
Treachery and Dissension Two Plays into One | 38 |
Plots and Prophecies The Tragedy of King Richard the Third | 53 |
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action Agincourt Anne appearance Arden audience Aumerle Bardolph Bastard battle battle of Towton beginning Bolingbroke brother Buckingham Bullough character chorus chronicles Clarence conflict crown curse Dauphin death Dover Wilson dramatic dramatist Duke of York E. M. W. Tillyard Edward Elizabeth Elizabethan England English History Play expectations Falstaff Folio France French Gaunt Gloucester Gloucester's Hal's Harry hath Henry IV plays Henry VI plays Henry VIII Henry's Holinshed Hotspur house of York inconsistent Justice Katherine King Henry King John King Richard king's lines Lord Margaret messenger Mortimer Mowbray murder Northumberland obviously opening scene Penguin perhaps plot political prince probably quarto Queen revenge Ribner Richard II Richmond Rossiter Salisbury says seems Shakespeare Shakespeare's History Plays Shakespeare's plays Shrewsbury soliloquy Somerset speaks speech stage structure Suffolk Talbot play tetralogy theme Tillyard Troublesome Raigne True Tragedy Tudor myth victory Warwick Wolsey words York's Yorkist