Publication

1996 - St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

66,250 words, Guess

Page Count

265 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL795788M
  • ISBN-100312128401
  • OCLC Control Number32853854
  • Library of Congress Control Number95031651
  • Goodreads1539689

Classifications

  • DDC822.3/3
  • LCCPR2982 .P86 1996

Description

In Shakespeare the Historian Paola Pugliatti proposes that Shakespeare's staging of English history helped to establish a new historiographical outlook. Through close examination of the playwright's varied methods and writing styles, she argues that Shakespeare achieved a radical multi-perspectivism or polyphony through which he was able to challenge the monologic practice of contemporary historical sources and cross-examine political issues, thus inaugurating a problem-orientated, critical historiography.

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Other Editions

  • Shakespeare the historianSt. Martin's Press1996

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