Shakespeare's Histories and Counter-Histories

Shakespeare's history plays have always been pivotal to our understanding of his works. This collection renews attention to these crucial plays by exploring official and unofficial versions of the past, histories and counter-histories in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. By exploring the diversity of Shakespeare's engagement with history in all its forms, these contributors open up a range of new interpretive possibilities for understanding the way history 'plays' with the past.

Author: Dermot Cavanagh
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 01/04/2011
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9780719070754

About the Author

Dermot Cavanagh is Lecturer in English at the University of Edinburgh

Dermot Cavanagh is Lecturer in English at the University of Edinburgh

Dermot Cavanagh is Lecturer in English at the University of Edinburgh