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Extensive volumes provide new perspectives and positions on contexts and on canonical and post-canonical texts, orientating the beginning student in new fields of study and providing the experienced undergraduate and new graduate with current and new directions, as pioneered and developed by leading scholars in the field.  \n1 A Companion to Romanticism Edited by Duncan Wu  \n2 Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture Edited by Herbert F. Tucker  \n3 A Companion to Shakespeare Edited by David Scott Kastan  \n4 A Companion to the Gothic Edited by David Punter  \n5 A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare Edited by Dympna Callaghan  \n6 A Companion to Chaucer Edited by Peter Brown  \n7 A Companion to English Literature from Milton to Blake Edited by David Womersley  \n8 A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture Edited by Michael Hattaway  \n9 A Companion to Milton Edited by Thomas N. Corns  \n10 A Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry Edited by Neil Roberts  \n11 A Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature Edited by Phillip Pulsiano and Elaine Treharne  \n12 A Companion to Restoration Drama Edited by Susan J. Owen  \n13 A Companion to Early Modern Women’s Writing Edited by Anita Pacheco  \n14 A Companion to English Renaissance Drama Edited by Arthur Kinney  \n15 A Companion to Victorian Poetry Edited by Richard Cronin, Alison Chapman and Anthony Harrison  \n16 A Companion to the Victorian Novel Edited by Patrick Brantlinger and William B. Thesing  \nA Companion to Shakespeare’s Works  \n17 A Companion to Shakespeare’s Works, Volume I: Edited by Richard Dutton and The Tragedies Jean E. Howard  \n18 A Companion to Shakespeare’s Works, Volume II: Edited by Richard Dutton and The Histories Jean E. Howard  \n19 A Companion to Shakespeare’s Works, Volume III: Edited by Richard Dutton and The Comedies Jean E. Howard  \n20 A Companion to Shakespeare’s Works, Volume IV: Edited by Richard Dutton and The Poems, Problem Comedies, Late Plays Jean E. Howard  \nA C O M P A N I O N T O  \nSHAKESPEARE’S WORKS  \nV O L U M E I I  \nTHE HISTORIES  \nEDITED BY RICHARD DUTTON  \nAND JEAN E . HOWARD  \nEditorial material and organization copyright © 2003 by  \nBlackwell Publishing Ltd  \n350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5018, USA  \n108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF, UK  \n550 Swanston Street, Carlton South, Victoria 3053, Australia  \nKurfürstendamm 57, 10707 Berlin, Germany  \nThe right of Richard Dutton and Jean E. Howard to be identified as the Authors of the Editorial Material in this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs,  \nand Patents Act 1988.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, without the  \nprior permission of the publisher.  \nFirst published 2003 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for.  \nISBN 0-631-22633-8 (hardback)  \nISBN 1-405-10730-8 (four-volume set)  \nA catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.  \nSet in 11 on 13 pt Garamond 3  \nby SNP Best-set Typesetter Ltd, Hong Kong  \nPrinted and bound in the United Kingdom  \nby MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall  \nFor further information on  \nBlackwell Publishing, visit our website:  \n[http://www.blackwellpublishing.com](http://www.blackwellpublishing.com)  \nContents  \nNotes on Contributors vii  \nIntroduction 1  \n1 The Writing of History in Shakespeare’s England 4 Ivo Kamps  \n2 Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists of History 26 Richard Helgerson  \n3 Censorship and the Problems with History in Shakespeare’s England 48 Cynd","cbCaibFWcVQfjlBj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibFWcVQfjlBj","pdf",2390016,494,"English","# Introduction\n## The Writing of History in Shakespeare’s England\n## Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists of History\n## Censorship and the Problems with History in Shakespeare’s England\n## Nation Formation and the English History Plays\n## The Irish Text and Subtext of Shakespeare’s English Histories\n## Theories of Kingship in Shakespeare’s England\n## “To beguile the time, look like the time”: Contemporary Film Versions of Shakespeare’s Histories\n## The Elizabethan History Play: A True Genre?\n## Damned Commotion: Riot and Rebellion in Shakespeare’s Histories\n## Manliness Before Individualism: Masculinity, Effeminacy, and Homoerotics in Shakespeare’s History Plays\n## French Marriages and the Protestant Nation in Shakespeare’s History Plays\n## The First Tetralogy in Performance\n## The Second Tetralogy: Performance as Interpretation\n## 1 Henry VI\n## 2 Henry VI\n## 3 Henry VI\n## “The power of hope?” An Early Modern Reader of Richard III\n## King John\n## The King’s Melting Body: Richard II\n## 1 Henry IV\n## Henry IV, Part 2: A Critical History\n## Henry V","[{\"question\":\"What topics does Volume II of A Companion to Shakespeare’s Works cover?\",\"answer\":\"It surveys how history is written and interpreted in Shakespeare’s England, including censorship, nation formation, theories of kingship, and the performance and film versions of the history plays. 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