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List of illustrations viii
Acknowledgements ix
Chapter 1 The uses of history 1
Renaissance ideas of history 1
Shakespeare's history plays 7
The genre and its conventions 11
Chapter 2 The wars of the critics 15
Hall, Holinshed, and Tillyard 15
Shakespearean ambivalence: liberals and sceptics 17
New Historicism and ideology 18
Chapter 3 The paper crown: 1, 2, and 3 Henry VI 23
Henry VI and the critics 23
Stage history, 1963-2006 25
1 Henry VI: brave Talbot and his adversaries 28
2 Henry VI: 'Thou art not king' 31
3 Henry VI: Tiger's heart 37
Chapter 4 Determined to prove a villain: Richard III 45
Stage and screen 45
Shakespeare and More 49
Tyrant, seducer, and clown 51
Deformity 59
Nemesis 61
Chapter 5 Gain, be my lord: King John 70
The uncertainties of King John 70
Mad world, mad kings 73
Machiavels and victims 78
The Bastard's progress 84
Chapter 6 The death of kings: Richard II 91
'I am Richard II. Know ye not that?' 91
Rival monarchs 97
The wasteful king 100
The name of king 103
'Down, down, I come like glistering Phaeton' 107
The lamentable tale of me 111
Chapter 7 Lord of Misrule: 1 and 2 Henry IV 117
Kings and clowns 117
'When thou art king' 120
'The immortal Falstaff' 125
'This chair shall be my state' 129
Honour 135
Part 2: old age, disease, and death 139
Chapter 8 Band of brothers: Henry V 144
The reformed Prince 144
War and politics 148
The death of Bardolph: rewriting Henry V 153
Imaginary forces 160
Brotherhood and hierarchy 164
Chapter 9 Epilogue: Henry VIII 168
Pomp and glory 168
Farewell to greatness 170
Kings as gods174
Notes 179
Bibliography 194
Index 203
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reviewed Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's History Plays on March 26, 2019 Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's History Plays
I was looking for a book that would tell me how Homer was received in the archaic and classical periods. It is because I have this paper on Thucydides right now and I wanted to situate how Thucydides uses/sees/understands Homer in the context of other prior/(near)contemporary uses/visions/understandings. There was some frustration. It took me some time to find what I was looking for. I have no idea why. But anyways, here, I found it. This is a great work for anyone interested in classical reception in general. I'll let Barbara sum up the task of her book:
"In this book, I have focused on how the ancient Greeks imagined Homer and have deliberately failed to discuss whether their representations were true to the 'real' poet(s) of the Iliad (and the Odyssey). Instead, I have suggested that ancient depictions of Homer can be history for us in that they express how ancient audiences received the Homeric poems." (p.236)
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