A Companion to Shakespeare's Works, Volume II: The Histories

Introduction.

1. The Writing of History in Shakespeare’s England (Ivo Kamps).

2. Shakespeare and Contemporary Dramatists of History (Richard Helgerson).

3. Censorship and the Problems with History in Shakespeare’s England (Cyndia Susan Clegg).

4. Nation Formation and the English History Plays (Patricia A. Cahill).

5. The Irish Text and Subtext of Shakespeare’s English Histories (Willy Maley).

6. Theories of Kingship in Shakespeare’s England (William C. Carroll).

7. "To beguile the time, look like the time": Contemporary Film Versions of Shakespeare’s Histories (Peter J. Smith).

8. The Elizabethan History Play: A True Genre (Paulina Kewes).

9. Damned Commotion: Riot and Rebellion in Shakespeare’s Histories (James Holstun).

10. Manliness Before Individualism: Masculinity, Effeminacy, and Homoerotics in Shakespeare’s History Plays (Rebecca Ann Bach).

11. French Marriages and the Protestant Nation in Shakespeare’s History Plays (Linda Gregerson).

12. The First Tetralogy in Performance (Ric Knowles).

13. The Second Tetralogy: Performance as Interpretation (Lois Potter).

14. 1 Henry VI (David Bevington).

15. Suffolk and the Pirates: Disordered Relations in Shakespeare’s 2 Henry VI (Thomas Cartelli).

16. Vexed Relations: Family, State, and the Uses of Women in 3 Henry VI (Kathryn Schwarz).

17. "The power of hope?" An Early Modern Reader of Richard III (James Siemon).

18. King John (Virginia Mason Vaughan).

19. The King’s Melting Body: Richard II (Lisa Hopkins).

20. 1 Henry IV (James Knowles).

21. Henry IV, Part 2: A Critical History (Jonathan Crewe).

22. Henry V (Andrew Hadfield).

Index.