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Author:   Emma Smith
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Blackwell Publishers
Edition:   annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780631220077

ISBN 10:   0631220070
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   25 August 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. The Development of Criticism of Shakespeare?s Histories:. 2. Genre:. Overview. Marjorie Garber, ?Descanting on Deformity: Richard III and the Shape of History?. Paola Pugliatti, ?Time, Space and the Instability of History in the Henry IV sequence?. 3. Language:. Overview. Harry Berger, ?Psychoanalysing the Shakespeare text: The first three scenes of the Henriad?. Sandra Fischer, ?He Means to Pay?: Value and Metaphor in the Lancastrian Tetralogy. 4. Gender and Sexuality:. Overview. Leah Marcus, ?Elizabeth?. Jean Howard and Phyllis Rackin, ?King John?. 5. History and Politics:. Overview. Andrew Murphy, ?Shakespeare?s Irish History?. Graham Holderness, ?What Ish My Nation?? Shakespeare and National Identities. 6. Performance:. Overview. Margaret Shewring, ?In the Context of English History?. Alan Dessen, ?Stagecraft and Imagery in Shakespeare?s Henry VI?. Index

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Emma Smith is Fellow of Hertford College and Lecturer in English at Oxford University. Her publications include Thomas Kyd: The Spanish Tragedie (ed. 1998) and Shakespeare in Production: Henry V (2000), as well as two other edited volumes in the Blackwell Guides to Criticism series: Shakespeare's Comedies (2004) and Shakespeare's Tragedies (2004)

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