The Lasting Impact of Shakespeare's Histories
Iser, Wolfgang
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Hardback
238 pages
Published: 1994
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
ISBN / EAN: 023107588X
In a series of readings, the author examines Shakespeare's five major history plays and accounts for their continued popularity, both in film and on stage. He examines the historical context out of which the plays emerged, and describes how the period ga