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TY  - THES
SP  - not paginated
ID  - bbbc64
T1  - "The Arc of Character: Medieval Stock Types in Shakespeare's English History Plays"
AU  - Oberer, Karen
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2026
KW  - Philip the Bastard
KW  - Mistress Quickly
KW  - Cardinal Beauford
KW  - Queen Isabel
KW  - characterization
LA  - English
AB  - Focuses on the transformation of social character types "from medieval literature to early modern drama," arguing that stock characterization in Shakespeare's history plays helped connect medieval practices, such as privileging community and family, to early modern audiences. Focuses on Philip the Bastard (King John, Mistress Quickly (1 and 2 Henry IV), Cardinal Beauford (1 and 2 Henry VI), and Queen Isabel (Richard II).
ER  -