Peter Saccio
Forfatter af Shakespeare's English Kings: History, Chronicle, and Drama
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Værker af Peter Saccio
Shakespeare: The Word and the Action: Part I 2 eksemplarer
Richard III: Player-King 2 eksemplarer
King Lear - "Then We Go On" 1 eksemplar
Hamlet - The Abundance of the Play 1 eksemplar
Hamlet - The Causes of Tragedy 1 eksemplar
Hamlet - The Protestant Hero 1 eksemplar
Othello - The Design of the Tragedy 1 eksemplar
Othello - “O Villainy ! “ 1 eksemplar
Othello - “The Noble Moor” 1 eksemplar
King Lear - "This Is the Worst" 1 eksemplar
King Lear - Wisdom Through Suffering 1 eksemplar
Macbeth - “Enter Two Murderers” 1 eksemplar
Macbeth - “Fair is Foul” 1 eksemplar
Macbeth - Musing on Murder 1 eksemplar
Julius Caesar - The Matter of Rome 1 eksemplar
British Theater - 1890-1990 1 eksemplar
Comedy of Manners - Wilde and Coward 1 eksemplar
George Bernard Shaw - Socialist and Prophet 1 eksemplar
John Osborne Looks Back in Anger 1 eksemplar
Beckett Waits for Godot 1 eksemplar
The Inventions of Tom Stoppard 1 eksemplar
The Menace of Pinter 1 eksemplar
Julius Caesar - Heroes of History 1 eksemplar
Romeo and Juliet - Shakespearean Tragedy 1 eksemplar
Troilus and Cressida - Heroic Aspirations 1 eksemplar
The Merchant of Venice - Courting the Heiress 1 eksemplar
Shakespeare--the word & the action. Parts I-II 1 eksemplar
Shakespeare Then and Now 1 eksemplar
The Nature of Shakespeare's Plays 1 eksemplar
Twelfth Night - Shakespearean Comedy 1 eksemplar
Twelfth Night - Malvolio in Love 1 eksemplar
The Taming of the Shrew - Farce and Romance 1 eksemplar
The Merchant of Venice - Shylock 1 eksemplar
Measure for Measure - Sex in Society 1 eksemplar
Measure for Measure - Justice and Comedy 1 eksemplar
Richard III - Shakespearean History 1 eksemplar
Richard III - The Villain’s Career 1 eksemplar
Richard II - The Theory of Kingship 1 eksemplar
Richard II - The Fall of the King 1 eksemplar
Henry IV - All the King’s Men 1 eksemplar
Henry V - The Death of Falstaff 1 eksemplar
Henry V - The King Victorious 1 eksemplar
Henry IV - The Life of Falstaff 1 eksemplar
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Peter Saccio's book tries to provide help to modern readers of the History plays. He also helps by providing a comparison between Shakespeare's version of events and the version understood by modern historians. Ironically, he concludes that Shakespeare's version of the events was pretty realistic albeit sometimes rearranged and simplified for dramatic effect.
This book should therefore be very useful to people wanting to better understand their Shakespeare. Unfortunately, Saccio's writing style left me confused about the nobles appearing in the plays. His appendixes with choronology and lists of characters were, however, useful.… (mere)