Shakespeare's consuls, cardinals, and kings
the real history behind the plays
- ISBN: 9780826418807
- Editorial: The Continuum Publishing Co.
- Fecha de la edición: 2008
- Lugar de la edición: New York. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 22 cm
- Nº Pág.: 203
- Idiomas: Inglés
Shakespeare's Consuls, Cardinals, and Kings sets the historical context for the events portrayed in Shakespeare's major histories. It reviews the sources he used and analyzes how he reshaped that material - often telescoping events and combining characters - to create his dramas. It also offers the insights of later historians about the lives and careers of Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, and the English monarchs King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Richard III, and Henry VIII. Designed to give both students and casual readers a deeper understanding and a more enjoyable experience of the "history" plays, each chapter of Shakespeare's Consuls, Cardinals, and Kings focuses on the period and lives portrayed in one of these dramas, and also provides a brief guide to available film and video versions
