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A Companion to Shakespeare's Works, Volume II: The Histories

• Notes on Contributors
• Introduction
• 1. The Writing of History in Shakespeare's England
• 2. Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists of History
• 3. Censorship and the Problems with History in Shakespeare's England
• 4. Nation Formation and the English History Plays
• 5. The Irish Text and Subtext of Shakespeare's English Histories
• 6. Theories of Kingship in Shakespeare's England
• 7. “To beguile the time, look like the time”: Contemporary Film Versions of Shakespeare's Histories
• 8. The Elizabethan History Play: A True Genre?
• 9. Damned Commotion: Riot and Rebellion in Shakespeare's Histories
• 10. Manliness Before Individualism: Masculinity, Effeminacy, and Homoerotics in Shakespeare's History Plays
• 11. French Marriages and the Protestant Nation in Shakespeare's History Plays
• 12. The First Tetralogy in Performance
• 13. The Second Tetralogy: Performance as Interpretation
• 14. 1 Henry VI
• 15. Suffolk and the Pirates: Disordered Relations in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI
• 16. Vexed Relations: Family, State, and the Uses of Women in 3 Henry VI
• 17. “The power of hope?” An Early Modern Reader of Richard III
• 18. King John
• 19. The King's Melting Body: Richard II
• 20. 1 Henry IV
• 21. Henry IV, Part 2: A Critical History
• 22. Henry V

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