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Shakespeare's History Plays 1/e

R.J.C. Watt
Published January 2003 by Longman
Copyright 2003, 256 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0582418313

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Summary

This book offers a new wave of critical interpretation sweeping away conservative views of Shakespeare's history plays, reclaims them for feminism, and gives insights into the invention of Britain itself. KEY TOPICS: The history plays have received much new critical, theoretically informed attention in recent years ranging from cultural materialism, feminist and gender studies through to postcolonial theory. Rob Watt provides an up-to-date critical anthology of the most important studies by those critics who have influenced textual studies. MARKET: For those interested in Shakespeare.

Features

Up-to-date selection of the best critical writing from a variety of modern theoretical perspectives
Strong emphasis on recent feminist and gender-based studies
Wide-ranging and readable introduction
Brief introductory headnote sets each essay in context

Author Bio

R.J.C. Watt teaches English Literature at the University of Dundee.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. TOPICAL IDEOLOGY: WITCHES, AMAZONS, AND SHAKESPEARE'S JOAN OF ARC
Gabriele Bernhard Jackson
2. A MINGLED YARN: SHAKESPEARE AND THE CLOTH WORKERS
Richard Wilson
3. DESCANTING ON DEFORMITY: RICHARD III AND THE SHAPE OF HISTORY
Marjorie Garber
4. STAGES OF HISTORY: IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT, ALTERNATIVE PLOTS
Phyllis Rackin
5. ENGENDERING A NATION: RICHARD II
Jean E. Howard and Phyllis Rackin
6. PRINCE HAL'S FALSTAFF: POSITIONING PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE BODY
Body
Valerie Traub
7. CARNIVAL AND HISTORY: HENRY IV
Graham Holderness
8. THE FUTURE OF HISTORY: 1 AND 2 HENRY IV
Kiernan Ryan
9. A TALE OF TWO BRANAGHS: HENRY V, IDEOLOGY AND THE MEKONG AGINCOURT
Chris Fitter
10. BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: THE TWO VERSIONS OF HENRY V
Annabel Patterson
11. 'WILDEHIRISSHEMAN': COLONIALIST REPRESENTATION IN SHAKEPEAR'S HENRY V
David J. Baker
12: HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY, MASCULINITY AND MISCEGENATION: THE INSTANCE OF HENRY V
Alan Sinfield and Jonathan Dollimore

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