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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 23
IS  - 38
T2  - Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation, and Performance
SP  - 143-158
ID  - bbbl2556
T1  - "'How can you say to me I am a King?': New Historicism and its (Re)interpretations of the Design of Kingly Figures in Shakespeare's History Plays"
AU  - Dale, James
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2026
DO  - 10.18778/2083-8530.23.09
LA  - English
AB  - Explores how New Historicism as critical movement transformed scholarly attitudes towards Shakespeare’s history plays, focusing on conceptions of kingship and monarchical power. Deploys Stephen Greenblatt’s notion of “subversion” and “containment” in relation to kingly power to offer reading of Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V. English summary, online.
ER  -