The English History Play in the age of Shakespeare

ISBN-13: 9780415353144 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 356 str.

Irving Ribner

Opis

Recognized as one of the leading books in its field, "The English History Play in the Age of Shakespeare "presents the most comprehensive account available of the English historical drama from its beginning to the closing of the theatres in 1642.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 History and Drama in the Age of Shakespeare; Chapter 2 The Emergence of a Dramatic Genre; Chapter 3 Some Early English History Plays; Chapter 4 The Early Shakespeare; Chapter 5 Historical Tragedy and Moral History; Chapter 6 Shakespeare’s Second Tetralogy; Chapter 7 The Biographical Play; Chapter 8 Legendary and Anglo-Saxon History; Chapter 9 The History Play in Decline;

O autorze

Irving Ribner