A Companion to Shakespeare's Works: Volume II, (Vol. 2 of 4), The HISTORIES (SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM, PLAYS)

Williston, Vermont, U.S.A.: Blackwell Publishing. New. 2003. Hardcover. 0631226338 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY - AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, WHY WAIT? -- This is one volume of a four volume set. -- All four volumes available as a set. REVIEW (S) - Library Journal: Compiled by Dutton (English, Ohio State Univ. ; editor, "Palgrave Literary Lives" series) and Howard (English, Columbia Univ. ; editor, The Norton Shakespeare) , this four-volume set offers a comprehensive view of current Shakespeare criticism, concentrating on ongoing critical research on Shakespeare's works. It is meant to complement the publisher's Companion to Shakespeare, which focuses on Shakespeare as an author....The resulting multifaceted work provides a stimulating matrix for future critical research. - Vol. 1: "The Tragedies", contains an essay on each tragedy and 13 additional essays on topics such as the Roman tragedies, film versions of the tragedies, and the tragic hero. THE PRESENT VOLUME, Vol. 2: "The Histories, " contains an essay on each history play and 14 additional essays on topics such as riot and rebellion, censorship in the histories, and Shakespeare's portrayal of men and women. Vol. 3: "The Comedies", contains one essay each on most of the comedies and 12 essays discussing subjects such as Shakespeare's use of English stage comedy traditions, social relationships in comic households, and cross-dressing. VOL. 4: "The Poems, Problem Comedies, Late Plays" contains essays on Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure, All's Well That Ends Well, Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, Pericles, The Winter's Tale, Cymbeline, The Tempest, Henry VIII, The Two Noble Kinsmen, and The Sonnets, and another 11 essays on topics such as place and space in the late plays, generic classification of the late plays, and scatology and satire. Each essay is enriched with notes and ample bibliographies, and indexes are provided for each volume. The intended audience of scholars and graduate students will be well served by this work. -Shana C. Fair, Ohio Univ. -- -- TABLE OF CONTENTS, VOL. 2: Notes on Contributors vii; Introduction 1; 1 The Writing of History in Shakespeare's England 4; 2 Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists of History 26; 3 Censorship and the Problems with History in Shakespeare's England 48; 4 Nation Formation and the English History Plays 70; 5 The Irish Text and Subtext of Shakespeare's English Histories 94; 6 Theories of Kingship in Shakespeare's England 125; 7 "To beguile the time, look like the time": Contemporary Film Versions of Shakespeare's Histories 146; 8 The Elizabethan History Play: A True Genre? 170; 9 Damned Commotion: Riot and Rebellion in Shakespeare's Histories 194; 10 Manliness Before Individualism: Masculinity, Effeminacy, and Homoerotics in Shakespeare's History Plays 220; 11 French Marriages and the Protestant Nation in Shakespeare's History Plays 246; 12 The First Tetralogy in Performance 263; 13 The Second Tetralogy: Performance as Interpretation 287; 14 1 Henry VI 308; 15 Suffolk and the Pirates: Disordered Relations in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI 325; 16 Vexed Relations: Family, State, and the Uses of Women in 3 Henry VI 344; 17 "The power of hope?" An Early Modern Reader of Richard III 361; 18 King John 379; 19 The King's Melting Body: Richard II 395 20 1 Henry IV 412; 21 Henry IV, Part 2: A Critical History 432; 22 Henry V 451; Index. -- with a bonus offer-- .