The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History Plays

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History Plays (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
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Shakespeare's history plays have been performed in recent years more than ever before throughout Britain, North America, and Europe. This volume is an accessible introduction to Shakespeare's historical and classical plays. Comprehensive in scope, it offers chapters on the individual plays and accounts of the genre of the history play, Renaissance theories of history, and masques and pageants. It compares them with other European history plays, and includes an account of women's roles, genealogical tables and a list of principal and recurrent characters.
Country USA
Brand Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer Cambridge University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 12 b/w illus. 3 tables
ReleaseDate 2002-12-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780521775397

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's History Plays (Cambridge Companions to Literature)