Shakespeare's Consuls, Cardinals, and Kings: The Real History Behind the Plays

Author:   Dick Riley
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9780826418807


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   15 June 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Dick Riley
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9780826418807


ISBN 10:   0826418805
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   15 June 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Preface Acknoweldgments 1 In Servile Fearfulness: Julius Caesar 2 Her Infinite Variety: Antony and Cleopatra 3 The Hearts of All People Shall Revolt from Him: King John 4 What Subject Can Give Sentence on His King?: Richard II 5 Will Fortune Never Come with Both Hands Full?: Henry IV Parts One and Two 6 God Fought for Us: Henry V 7 Once More We Sit in England's Royal Throne: Henry VI, Parts One, Two, and Three 8 Full of Danger Is the Duke of Gloucester: Richard III 9 These Fierce Vanities: Henry VIII

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In Shakespeare's Consuls, Cardinals, and Kings, Dick Riley offers an introduction to the ways that Shakespeare turned his sources into plays on both Roman and English history, analyzing what the playwright carefully adopted, what he chose to leave out, and what he reworked. By providing answers to these important questions as well as offering explanations of particular scenes and incidents that demonstrate why Shakespeare's dramas appealed to his audience, his book is an informative and useful guide for students new to Shakespeare studies. --Gerald M. Pinciss, Professor of English Emeritus at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, author of Why Shakespeare?


In Shakespeare's Consuls, Cardinals, and Kings , Dick Riley offers an introduction to the ways that Shakespeare turned his sources into plays on both Roman and English history, analyzing what the playwright carefully adopted, what he chose to leave out, and what he reworked. By providing answers to these important questions as well as offering explanations of particular scenes and incidents that demonstrate why Shakespeare's dramas appealed to his audience, his book is an informative and useful guide for students new to Shakespeare studies. Gerald M. Pinciss, Professor of English Emeritus at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, author of Why Shakespeare?


In Shakespeare's Consuls, Cardinals, and Kings , Dick Riley offers an introduction to the ways that Shakespeare turned his sources into plays on both Roman and English history, analyzing what the playwright carefully adopted, what he chose to leave out, and what he reworked. By providing answers to these important questions as well as offering explanations of particular scenes and incidents that demonstrate why Shakespeare's dramas appealed to his audience, his book is an informative and useful guide for students new to Shakespeare studies. --Gerald M. Pinciss, Professor of English Emeritus at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, author of Why Shakespeare?


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Dick Riley's novels and plays include collaboration on the best-selling Black Sunday (with Thomas Harris), Rite of Expiation, and the drama Middleman Out. He lives in White Plains, New York.

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