Shakespeare's History Plays : Rethinking Historicism / / Neema Parvini.

Boldly moves criticism of Shakespeare's history plays beyond anti-humanist theoretical approachesThis important intervention in the critical and theoretical discourse of Shakespeare studies summarises, evaluates and ultimately calls time on the mode of criticism that has prevailed in Shakespear...

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2012.
©2012.
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (249 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • New historicism
  • Cultural materialism
  • An argument against anti-humanism
  • Solutions
  • Shakespeare's historical and political thought in context
  • Personal action and agency in Henry VI
  • Ideology in Richard II and Henry IV.