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‘How can you say to me I am a King?’: New Historicism and its (Re)interpretations of the Design of Kingly Figures in Shakespeare’s History Plays

dc.contributor.authorDale, James
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-19T08:12:00Z
dc.date.available2021-10-19T08:12:00Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-30
dc.identifier.issn2083-8530
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11089/39441
dc.description.abstractThe 1980’s saw the emergence of New Historicist criticism, particularly through Stephen Greenblatt’s work. Its legacy remains influential, particularly on Shakespearean Studies. I wish to outline New Historicist methodological insights, comment on some of its criticisms and provide analytical comments on the changing approach to historical plays, asking “What has New Historicism brought into our understanding of historical plays and the way(s) of designing kingly power?” Examining Shakespeare’s second tetralogy, I will review Greenblatt’s contention that these plays largely focus on kingly power and its relationship to “subversion” and “containment”. I intend to focus on aspects of the plays that I believe have not received enough attention through New Historicism; particularly the design of the kingly figures.en
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiegopl
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMulticultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation and Performance;38en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectNew Historicismen
dc.subjectShakespeare history playsen
dc.subjectpoweren
dc.subjectdisguiseen
dc.subjectestrangementen
dc.subjectritualismen
dc.title‘How can you say to me I am a King?’: New Historicism and its (Re)interpretations of the Design of Kingly Figures in Shakespeare’s History Playsen
dc.typeArticle
dc.page.number143-158
dc.contributor.authorAffiliationUniversity of Warsaw, Polanden
dc.identifier.eissn2300-7605
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dc.contributor.authorEmailjames.jimdale.dale761@gmail.com
dc.identifier.doi10.18778/2083-8530.23.09
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