Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 56Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... Bastard of King John chooses nobility over gentility , landlessness over landed status . Shakespeare's Bastard puts his legitimacy in question from the moment he first speaks , suggesting dissatisfaction with his social status from the ...
... Bastard of King John chooses nobility over gentility , landlessness over landed status . Shakespeare's Bastard puts his legitimacy in question from the moment he first speaks , suggesting dissatisfaction with his social status from the ...
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... Bastard , and looks instead to such figures as Henry VIII's bastards , Wolsey's son Thomas Winter , and other Henrician and Elizabethan bastard adventurers as possible models for the character . 5. William Shakespeare , King John ...
... Bastard , and looks instead to such figures as Henry VIII's bastards , Wolsey's son Thomas Winter , and other Henrician and Elizabethan bastard adventurers as possible models for the character . 5. William Shakespeare , King John ...
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... Bastard , the author of The Troublesome Raigne has no such design . For him , what matters is not that the Bastard harks back to Richard , but that John looks forward to Henry VIII . Robert Smallwood argues ( pp . 370-71 ) that " the ...
... Bastard , the author of The Troublesome Raigne has no such design . For him , what matters is not that the Bastard harks back to Richard , but that John looks forward to Henry VIII . Robert Smallwood argues ( pp . 370-71 ) that " the ...
Contents
Shakespeares Representation of History | 1 |
Henry VI Parts 1 2 and 3 | 76 |
Henry VIII | 195 |
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