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ERIC Number: EJ519587
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0994
Possible Pasts: Historiography and Legitimation in "Henry VIII."
Kamps, Ivo
College English, v58 n2 p192-215 Feb 1996
Aims to rehabilitate the reputation of Shakespeare's "Henry VIII" and emphasizes its potential usefulness in the classroom by reconsidering it in the context of Renaissance history writing. Shows how "Henry VIII" can be taught as a commentary on or seen as a continuation of incipient themes in "The Tempest" and "Henry V." (TB)
Descriptors: Drama, Higher Education, Historiography, Literary Criticism, Renaissance Literature
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Jacobean Literature; Shakespeare (William)