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Filtering by: Committee Member Rossi, Marion Subject English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism

Genres at Play : History, Tragedy, and Comedy in Shakespeare's Richard II

Creator:

Wiley, Marie

Abstract:

This thesis examines a range of generic influences in William Shakespeare's Richard II. By exploring the play's references to conflicting interpretations of history from different generic perspectives, I hope to advance a more nuanced reading of the play's dynamic staging of history. In Chapter One, I suggest that Richard II...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis