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Phyllis Rackin offers a fresh approach to Shakespeare's English history plays, rereading them in the context of a world where rapid cultural change transformed historical consciousness and gave the study of history a new urgency.



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"It will be the book on Shakespeare's histories for some time to come." -- A. R. Braunmuller, University of California, Los Angeles
"Her work on the political consequences of how women and the lower classes are represented within the Renaissance history play is brilliant, as is her examination of how the material practices of the state disrupt 'official' history." -- Jean E. Howard, Columbia University

Stages of History

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/10/1990
      ISBN13: 9780801496981, 978-0801496981
      ISBN10: 0801496985

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Phyllis Rackin offers a fresh approach to Shakespeare's English history plays, rereading them in the context of a world where rapid cultural change transformed historical consciousness and gave the study of history a new urgency.



      Trade Review
      "It will be the book on Shakespeare's histories for some time to come." -- A. R. Braunmuller, University of California, Los Angeles
      "Her work on the political consequences of how women and the lower classes are represented within the Renaissance history play is brilliant, as is her examination of how the material practices of the state disrupt 'official' history." -- Jean E. Howard, Columbia University

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