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1	King Arthur: Hero and Legend more books like this by Richard Barber add to wishlist The whole subject is brought up to date - Arthurian buffs will want this book - "Daily Telegraph". Who was the real Arthur? Why were his knights so famous? Was he buried at Glastonbury? Richard Barber takes the story from the anonymous 8th century chronicler who first listed his battles to the novelists of the 20th century. This is a clear and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| first editions \| SVS
2	King Richard II: Third Series more books like this by William Shakespeare, Charles R Forker add to wishlist This richly annotated edition takes a fresh look at the first part of Shakespeare's second tetralogy of history plays, showing how it relates to the other plays in the sequence. Forker places the play in its political context, discussing its relation to competing theories of monarchy, looking at how it faced censorship because of possible ... see all copies from $13.22! new only from $15.88! \| SVS
3	Macbeth: Texts and Contexts more books like this by William Shakespeare, William C Carroll (Editor) add to wishlist Shakespeare's dark portrait of ambition begins when the eponymous hero, a Scottish soldier, encounters three witches, who mysteriously refer to him as the future king. As, step by step, their prophecy begins to be fulfilled, the seeds of ambition are planted not only in Macbeth but in his scheming wife, who soon is plotting the murder of Duncan, ... see all copies from $3.37! new only from $4.65! \| SVS
4	Shakespeare's Macbeth more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist Introducing the Harold Bloom Shakespeare Editions from Riverhead see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.71! \| first editions
5	The Arthurian Handbook: Second Edition more books like this by Norris J Lacy, J Lacy Norris, Debra N Mancoff add to wishlist Everything you ever wanted to know about King Arthur and his knights is covered in this fascinating volume: the origins of the Grail ;legend, the Tristan and Isolde love story in opera and literature, the depiction of Arthur in paintings, the presentation of Camelot on the Broadway stage, the twitting of the legend in Monty Python and the Holy ... see all copies from $15.23! new only from $39.38! \| SVS
6	King Lear more books like this by Sheri Metzger add to wishlist In this tragic play, Lear, a ruler in pre-Christian Britain, is described as a "very foolish old man, fourscore and upward." Grossly misjudging his daughters, he endures a harrowing experience and emerges as a man "more sinned against than sinning." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
7	Rethinking the Henrician Era: Essays on Early Tudor Texts and Contexts more books like this by Peter C Herman (Editor) add to wishlist Contributors to this first critical anthology devoted exclusively to the Henrician era show how contemporary theoretical approaches can enrich, complicate, and sometimes entirely revise our understanding of that period. see all copies from $3.30! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Alterations of State: Sacred Kingship in the English Reformation more books like this by Richard C McCoy add to wishlist Traditional notions of sacred kingship became both more grandiose and more problematic during England's turbulent sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The reformation launched by Henry VIII and his claims for royal supremacy and divine right rule led to the suppression of the Mass, as the host and crucifix were overshadowed by royal iconography ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
9	King Arthur in America more books like this by Alan Lupack, Barbara Tepa Lupack add to wishlist The Arthurian legends have had an immense and enduring appeal in America, influencing both America's own mythologies and its literature, film, social history, and popular culture. This is the first full-length study to focus exclusively on American re-interpretations of Arthuriana, and it offers detailed treatments of major authors traditionally ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.40! \| first editions
10	An Essay on King Lear more books like this by S L Goldberg add to wishlist Professor Goldberg offers a reading of King Lear that avoids the pitfall alternatives of idealism, moralism, absurdism, and redemptionist sentimentality. He sees the play as a challenge to our moral sense and our need for a feeling of natural justice, but as undercutting all easy answers. That it does not permit them is one of its main points. The ... see all copies from $4.90! new only from $24.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Elements of Arthurian Trad more books like this by John Matthews add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.18! \| first editions
12 view cover	The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's History Plays more books like this by Warren Cherniak add to wishlist Shakespeare's history plays, as fresh today as when they were written, are based upon the assumption that time is not simply a destroyer but a preserver, and that 'examples past' might enable us to understand the present and anticipate the future. This lively study examines the continuing tradition of Shakespeare's history plays in stage and film ... see all copies from $7.42! new only from $9.99! \| SVS
13 view cover	Henry V more books like this by Kevin Ewert add to wishlist Under cover of being a rousing, straight-ahead adventure story, Shakespeare's Henry V manages to become something much more open and complex: a play whose possible meanings point in many directions, often all at once. Focusing on stage directions, implied stage action in the dialogue, and on production choices available at key moments, this ... see all copies from $7.20! new only from $13.45!
14	The Subject of Violence: The Song of Roland and the Birth of the State more books like this by Peter Haidu add to wishlist "A very thought-provoking work, an important contribution ...to reflection and criticism on the Chanson de Roland. Its importance goes beyond the Chanson or medieval French literature in general, and raises large questions about medieval civilization, and our own as well" - Larry S. Crist. "Probably the most sophisticated book ever written on the ... see all copies from $2.03! new only from $2.03! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Sovereign Amity: Figures of Friendship in Shakespearean Contexts more books like this by Laurie Shannon add to wishlist Renaissance formulations of friendship typically cast the friend as "another self" and idealized a pair of friends as "one soul in two bodies". This work puts the stress on the likeness of friends into context and offers a historical account of its place in English culture and politics. see all copies from $20.00! new only from $21.57!
16 view cover	Shakespeare's Histories more books like this by Emma Smith (Editor) add to wishlist Shakespeare's history plays, with their insistent depictions of leadership and its discontents, have prompted very different critical views over the last four centuries. This book introduces students to the key critical debates under five headings: genre, history and politics, gender and sexuality, language, and performance. The Guide serves both ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $35.56!
17 view cover	Arthur's Kingdom of Adventure: The World of Malory's Morte Darthur more books like this by Muriel A Whitaker add to wishlist The setting of medieval Arthurian romance, as typified by Malory's Morte Darthur, plays an important part in the creation of the atmosphere of the stories, and in intensifying the drama of the action. Professor Whitaker looks at the Arthurianworld which Malory inherited form his sources and to which he added his own details, and examines its ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $77.66! \| SVS
18 view cover	Aspects of King Lear more books like this by Kenneth Muir, Stanley Wells add to wishlist This volume brings together nine essays on King Lear by distinguished scholars, all of which were first published in Shakespeare Survey, the leading journal devoted to Shakespeare studies. A retrospective survey of criticism from 1934 to the present is followed by studies of the play's style and discussion of its background, meaning and theatrical ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $9.29! \| SVS
19 view cover	T.H. White's the Once and Future King more books like this by Elisabeth Brewer add to wishlist The Once and Future King defies classification. Is it for children, or for adults? Is it fantasy or a psychological novel? In its great range, it encompasses poetry and farce, comedy and tragedy -and sudden flights of schoolboy humour. White's 'footnote to Malory' (his own phrase) resulted in the last major retelling of the story based on Malory's ... see all copies from $40.38! new only from $69.05! \| first editions \| SVS
20	King Arthur & the Grail: The Arthurian Legends and Their Meaning more books like this by Richard Cavendish add to wishlist see all copies from $2.99! first editions
21	Shakespeare: the histories; a collection of critical essays more books like this by Eugene M. Waith (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Origins of Beowulf: From Vergil to Wiglaf more books like this by Richard North add to wishlist This book suggests that the Old English epic Beowulf was composed in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. The place of composition is given as the minster of Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire (now Derbyshire) and the poet is named as the abbot, Eanmund. As well as ... see all copies from $92.45! new only from $122.87! \| SVS
23 view cover	Shakespeare: Richard II: A Casebook more books like this by Nicholas Brooke add to wishlist see all copies from $2.41! new only from $35.99! \| first editions
24	Arthurian Tradition more books like this by Maureen Fries (Editor), Jeanie Watson (Editor), Maureen (Editor) add to wishlist Now at seventy-three volumes, this popular MLA series (ISSN 1059-1133) addresses a broad range of literary texts. Each volume surveys teaching aids and critical material and brings together essays that apply a variety of perspectives to teaching the text. Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, student teachers, education specialists, and ... see all copies from $3.22! new only from $14.99! \| SVS
25	Malory and fifteenth-century drama, lyrics, and ballads more books like this by Edmund K Chambers add to wishlist Part of the complete reissue of "The Oxford History of English Literature", this volume tells the story of medieval drama and the ballad, the carol and the lyric, and deals particularly with Malory. see all copies from $2.44! first editions

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