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From Shakespeare’s Histories
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Sprague, Arthur Colby |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | The stage history of King John shows that their century is not the only one to have neglected the play. There is no record of its performance in the seventeenth nor in the early eighteenth century. James L. Calderwood bases a fine interpretation on Commodity and Honour in King John. Edward I. Berry says that King John exploits history as a means of posing and resolving dramatically a specific political problem. Less sympathetic critics tend to blame the shortcomings of the play on the lack of a dominant theme or on Shakespeare's failure to take a consistent moral stand. To see history as instrumental in Shakespeare's creation of drama may further a more comprehensive effort to reorder the priorities in dramatic criticism. In the case of King John it may be that the tendency to look first for a pattern of ideas has kept us from understanding the power that critics once found in scene after scene. Book Name: King John and Henry VIII |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2014-0-36720-3&isbn=9781315724560&format=googlePreviewPdf |
| Ending Page | 30 |
| Page Count | 20 |
| Starting Page | 11 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315724560-4 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2015-04-10 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: King John and Henry VIII Literary Studies Shakespeare's Creation Histories The Stage |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
