- Title
- Shakespeare's Stories of the English Middle Ages: From Richard the Second, Henry the Fourth and Henry the Fifth
- Creator
- Wright, Laurence
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/455779
- Identifier
- vital:75456
- Identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC48086
- Description
- Here is the story of the history plays from Richard II to Henry 1V (both parts) and Henry V retold in piquant prose sufficiently gripping to hold the attention of anyone willing to make some effort, hi a sense the book reverses the dominant twentieth century pedagogical mantra by turning attention from stage to page, almost novelising the material.[...] the contrast between history proper and the Shakespearean mythography as seen in the plays becomes all the clearer when confronted in this orderly prose exposition, provided you also know the historical versions.[...] the poetry and the vibrant language of the original are missing, and the drama is transmogrified by this very different medium.
- Format
- 1 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Shakespeare in Southern Africa, Wright, L., 2007. Shakespeare's Stories of the English Middle Ages: From Richard the Second, Henry the Fourth and Henry the Fifth. Shakespeare in Southern Africa, 19, p.87, Shakespeare in Southern Africa volume 19 number 1 87 87 2007 2071-7504
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Shakespeare in Southern Africa Statement (https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sisa/about)
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