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The End Crowns All: Closure and Contradiction in Shakespeare's History
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Full Title:
The End Crowns All: Closure and Contradiction in Shakespeare's History
Contributors:
By (Author) Barbara Hodgdon
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
Dewey:
822.33
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
336
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
454g
Description
In this bold reconceptualization of Shakespeare's histories as plays that ultimately generate and seek to legitimize new kings, Barbara Hodgdon examines how closure contests as well as celebrates power relations dominant in late Elizabethan and early Jacobean society--particularly those between sovereign and subjects. Taking a broad view of closure
