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Shakespeare and the Middle Ages [electronic resource] : essays on the performance and adaptation of the plays with medieval sources or settings /

by Driver, Martha W; Ray, Sid; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2009Description: viii, 276 p. : ill.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Middle Ages | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Sources | English literature -- Medieval influences | Civilization, Medieval, in literature | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
pt. 1. "Abstract and brief chronicles of time" : the histories -- pt. 2. "Carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts" : the tragedies -- pt. 3. "Many merry men" : the comedies -- pt. 4. "Tragical-comicalhistorical-pastoral" : the romances.
Summary: "Every generation reinvents Shakespeare for its own needs, imagining through its particular choices/emphases the Shakespeare it values. Shakespeare himself was deeply involved in his own kind of historical reimagining. Examines his medieval sources and inspiration, and how they shaped his works. Analyze the ways our understanding of medieval life has been influenced by Shakespeare's plays"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. "Abstract and brief chronicles of time" : the histories -- pt. 2. "Carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts" : the tragedies -- pt. 3. "Many merry men" : the comedies -- pt. 4. "Tragical-comicalhistorical-pastoral" : the romances.

"Every generation reinvents Shakespeare for its own needs, imagining through its particular choices/emphases the Shakespeare it values. Shakespeare himself was deeply involved in his own kind of historical reimagining. Examines his medieval sources and inspiration, and how they shaped his works. Analyze the ways our understanding of medieval life has been influenced by Shakespeare's plays"--Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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