Shakespeare's late plays : new readings /

Shakespeare's late plays : new readings /

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This selection of readings offers a broad range of new, historicist approaches, touching upon key topics in current Shakespearean studies. The plays are explored both individually and within generic, thematic and chronological groups

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Other Authors: Knowles, James, Knowles, James (Lecturer in Renaissance literature), Richards, Jennifer, Trunte, Hartmut, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1999
Edinburgh : c1999
Edinburgh : [1999]
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Drama
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Tragicomedies
Criticism and interpretation
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Drama
Table of Contents:
  • (cont.) pt. 3. History and interpretation: Postcolonial Shakespeare : British identity formation and Cymbeline / Willy Maley
  • History and judgement in Henry VIII / Thomas Healy
  • 'To write and read/Be henceforth treacherous' : Cymbeline and the problem of interpretation / Alison Thorne
  • pt. 4. Endings and beginnings: t Unseasonable laughter : the context of Cardenio / Richard Wilson
  • Tears at the wedding : Shakespeare's last phase / Julia Briggs
  • Introduction / Jennifer Richards, James Knowles
  • "Gracious be the issue" : maternity and narrative in Shakespeare's late plays / Helen Hackett
  • "Thou hast made me now a man" : reforming man(ner)liness in Henry VIII / Gordon McMullan
  • "Near akin" : the trials of friendship in The two noble kinsmen / Alan Stewart
  • Social decorum in The winter's tale / Jennifer Richards
  • Pericles and the pox / Margaret Healy
  • Insubstantial pageants : The tempest and masquing culture / James Knowles
  • "An art lawful as eating"? : Magic in The tempest and The winter's tale / Gareth Roberts
  • Postcolonial Shakespeare : British identity formation and Cymbeline / Willy Maley
  • History and judgement in Henry VIII / Thomas Healy
  • "To write and read/Be henceforth treacherous" : Cymbeline and the problem of interpretation / Alison Thorne
  • Unseasonable laughter : the context of Cardenio / Richard Wilson
  • Tears at the wedding : Shakespeare's last phase / Julia Briggs
  • Introduction: Shakespeare's late plays / Jennifer Richards and James Knowles-- pt. 1 Maternity and manliness: 'Gracious be the issue' : maternity and narrative in Shakespeare's late plays / Helen Hackett
  • 'Thou hast made me now a man' : reforming man(ner)liness in Henry VIII / Gordon McMullan
  • 'Near akin' : the trials of friendship in The two noble kinsmen / Alan Stewart
  • g pt. 2. Art, aesthetics and society: t Social decorum in The winter's tale / Jennifer Richards
  • Pericles and the pox / Margaret Healy
  • t Insubstantial pageants : The tempest and masquing culture / James Knowles
  • 'An art lawful as eating'? : magic in The tempest and The winter's tale / Gareth Roberts
  • Introduction: Shakespeare's late plays / Jennifer Richards and James Knowles-- pt. 1 Maternity and manliness: 'Gracious be the issue' : maternity and narrative in Shakespeare's late plays / Helen Hackett
  • 'Thou hast made me now a man' : reforming man(ner)liness in Henry VIII / Gordon McMullan
  • 'Near akin' : the trials of friendship in The two noble kinsmen / Alan Stewart
  • pt. 2. Art, aesthetics and society: Social decorum in The winter's tale / Jennifer Richards
  • Pericles and the pox / Margaret Healy
  • Insubstantial pageants : The tempest and masquing culture / James Knowles
  • 'An art lawful as eating'? : magic in The tempest and The winter's tale / Gareth Roberts
  • pt. 3. History and interpretation: Postcolonial Shakespeare : British identity formation and Cymbeline / Willy Maley
  • History and judgement in Henry VIII / Thomas Healy
  • 'To write and read/Be henceforth treacherous' : Cymbeline and the problem of interpretation / Alison Thorne
  • pt. 4. Endings and beginnings: Unseasonable laughter : the context of Cardenio / Richard Wilson
  • Tears at the wedding : Shakespeare's last phase / Julia Briggs.
  • Introduction: Shakespeare's late plays / Jennifer Richards and James Knowles-- pt. 1 Maternity and manliness: 'Gracious be the issue' : maternity and narrative in Shakespeare's late plays / Helen Hackett
  • 'Thou hast made me now a man' : reforming man(ner)liness in Henry VIII / Gordon McMullan
  • 'Near akin' : the trials of friendship in The two noble kinsmen / Alan Stewart
  • pt. 2. Art, aesthetics and society: Social decorum in The winter's tale /Jennifer Richards
  • Pericles and the pox / Margaret Healy
  • Insubstantial pageants : The tempest and masquing culture / James Knowles
  • 'An art lawful as eating'? : magic in The tempest and The winter's tale / Gareth Roberts
  • pt. 3. History and interpretation: Postcolonial Shakespeare : British identity formation and Cymbeline / Willy Maley
  • History and judgement in Henry VIII / Thomas Healy
  • 'To write and read/Be henceforth treacherous' : Cymbeline and the problem of interpretation / Alison Thorne
  • pt. 4. Endings and beginnings: Unseasonable laughter : the context of Cardenio / Richard Wilson
  • Tears at the wedding : Shakespeare's last phase / Julia Briggs.

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