Shakespeare’s History Plays

Preface
Part I: The Background
1. The Cosmic Background
  1. Introductory
  2. The Context of History
  3. The Elizabethan World Order
  4. Shakespeare’s Access to the Doctrine
2. The Historical Background
  1. Machiavelli
  2. The Medieval Norm
  3. Froissart and Tito Livio
  4. Medieval Anticipations
  5. The Tudor Myth
  6. Polydore Vergil
  7. Sir Thomas More
  8. Hall
  9. Holinshed
  10. The Uses of History
  11. Elizabethan Notions of recent English History
  12. The Doctrine of Rebellion
3. The Literary Background: Non-dramatic
  1. A Mirror for Magistrates
  2. Spenser, Sidney, Warner
4. The Literary Background: Dramatic
  1. The Morality Play
  2. Gorbuduc
  3. The English Chronicle Play
5. Retrospect
Part II: Shakespeare
1. The Early Shakespeare
2. The First Tetralogy
  1. Introductory
  2. The First Part of Henry VI
  3. The Second Part of Henry VI
  4. The Third Part of Henry VI
  5. Richard III
3. King John
4. The Second Tetralogy
  1. Introductory
  2. Richard II
  3. Henry IV
  4. Henry V
5. Macbeth
Conclusions

Topics covered by this book

Henry VI (drama) • p147 • Part II, Chapter 2: The First Tetralogy
Henry IV (drama) • p2264 • Part II, Chapter 4, section 3: Henry IV
Macbeth (drama) • p315 • Part II, Chapter 5: Macbeth
Richard II (drama) • p244 • Part II, Chapter 4, section 2: Richard II
Henry V (drama) • p304 • Part II, Chapter 4, section 4: Henry V
Richard III (drama) • p198 • Part II, Chapter 2, section 5: Richard III
Henry VI, Part 3 (drama) • p188 • Part II, Chapter 2, section 4: The Third Part of Henry VI
Henry VI, Part 2 (drama) • p173 • Part II, Chapter 2, section 3: The Second Part of Henry VI
Henry VI, Part 1 (drama) • p161 • Part II, Chapter 2, section 2: The First Part of Henry VI
King John (drama) • p215 • Part II, Chapter 3: King John

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