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Shakespeare's Henry V and the Alexandrian Allusion
<p>The character of Henry V (in Shakespeare's play of the same name) has been a matter of debate among critics, some of whom accept the historical view of Henry as an extraordinarily able and heroic king, while others view him as an extremely unattractive personality, a spiritual hypocrite, and a …
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Shakespeare and King Henry V: Historical Research Informing Artistic Decisions
… the duration of my graduate studies researching Henry V (1386-1422) and the medieval period in which he lived, and I have studied and read scholarly materials that cover his life as well as the literature that would have been available to Shakespeare when he wrote his play Henry V (1599). All …
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Shakespeare's Henry V; a critical study of a dramatic character
This item was digitized by the Internet Archive. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University
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Rhetoric and the social production of knowledge in criticism of Henry V
In this thesis, Henry V and its critical context are used as a context for examining critics attached to the critical issues that underpin the tension in literary studies between more traditional approaches to texts and contemporary developments within criticism. Moreover, critics are organized …
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"Let heaven kiss earth!": The Function of Humanism and Animism in Shakespeare's Richard II and Henry IV, Parts I and II
… and he shows humanism triumph over animism when Henry deposes Richard. In 1 Henry IV, Shakespeare shows that this binary is not so easily reconciled, and Hal (the future Henry V) creates a dual nature that subsumes the tenets of both animism and humanism. After the death of his father and his …
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Orationes Regum Ac Potentia: Monarchical Oratory and Power in Shakespeare's Henriad
… upon his three protagonists, Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V, many epideictic, forensic, and deliberative devices and speeches. These orations reveal a more nuanced and complex characterization of these kings than just tragic hero, usurper, and ideal monarch.</p>
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Unkept measures : a study of imagery in Shakespeare's Henriade
… and power in William Shakespeare's Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, and Henry V in order to demonstrate that the dramatist's use of imagery both emphasizes the themes of the plays and frequently develops the characterization of those who people the stage: Shakespeare's skillful artistic …
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Making 'fritters with English:' Functions of Early Modern Welsh Dialect on the English Stage
… ‘foreigners’ throughout early modern London; Henry VIII actively suppressed the use of the Welsh language, even though many in the Tudor line selectively boasted of Welsh ancestry. Still, in the late-sixteenth century, there was a surge in London’s Welsh population which coincided with the …
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The Medieval English Longbow: Characteristics and Origin
… far inferior to the weapons of Edward III and Henry V. No other European Army took up the longbow. They realized that its downfall was the necessity of "constant practice to reach and maintain efficiency." The tactice and organization which used the longbow were now obsolete.
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Metatheatricality on the Renaissance Stage, the Audience and the Material Space
… plays--Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, Shakespeare's Henry V and Antony and Cleopatra, and Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle--the dissertation indicates how varied and versatile early modern metatheater was, and how it responded to and influenced the nature of its audiences. My study …
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A brief chronicle of the time : staging Shakespeare's English histories, 2000-2010
… film adaptations of Richard III; productions of Henry V at Manchester and the National Theatre, Richard II at the Old Vic, and Richard III: An Arab Tragedy are discussed as twenty-first century history plays; Northern Broadside’s Wars o f the Roses is looked at in relation to other productions of …
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Literary Perceptions of Leadership
… Renaissance Period: Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Henry V. The Modern Period: Herman Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor and Herman Hesse's The Glass Bead Game. It has been, for the most part, a study of relationships: between leaders and their followers; between leaders and their gods; and between …
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The personnel of English and Welsh castles, 1272-1422
… from the coronation of Edward I to the death of Henry V. It will examine the level and nature of each individual's involvement with castles and how these factors changed over time. It will only touch on the more popular areas of castle studies - the architectural and the military - from the …
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Deconstructing Jan Kott's contemporary Shakespeare: an investigation of the criticisms of Alan Sinfield and Jonathan Dollimore
… 'History and Ideology: the Instance of Henry V' in John Drakakis, ed,. Alternative Shakespeare (London: Methuen, 1985), p. 208.<br/><br/>
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Conversion of the batch process of manufacture of maleic acid hydrazide to a continuous process
Control of weeds is an agricultural problem of great importance. For centuries, only salts, ashes, or mechanical means of eradication such as hoeing, cutting, or burning were used in weed control. A large number of chemicals have been used for this purpose also. With the advent of modern railroads, …
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The British historical film, 1930-1990.
… of <i>Lady Jane, Chariots of Fire</i> and <i>Henry V.</i> Finally, my conclusions are worked out by setting the genre as I have defined it in the context of two pertinent concepts - British national cinema and British national identity - and the discourses associated with them, in order to …
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The Hidden History of Women Editing Shakespeare, 1800-1950
… and colonialism in British school editions of Henry V and The Tempest. Preceding Chapter Four is an introduction to women who edited authors other than Shakespeare or who performed types of bibliographical labour other than editing. Chapter Four offers an overview of the New Bibliography of the …
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ORGANIC MATTER IN ANOXIC PORE WATER FROM GREAT BAY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
<p>Shallow and deep cores were obtained from a number of sampling sites within the Great Bay Estuary, and pore water obtained by high speed centrifugation of the samples. All sample handling and processing was conducted under oxygen free conditions. It was shown that failure to exclude oxygen from …
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The Welsh soldier: 1283-1422
… Shakespeare’s depiction of Captain Fluellen in Henry V (1599) the Welsh are inextricably linked with this battle, though contemporary evidence suggests the sum of their involvement was extremely limited. Ironically perhaps, in fifteenth century Welsh culture, Agincourt is the silent battle; …