Shakespeare the historian
By: Paola Pugliatti.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Histories.; Historical drama, English -- History and criticism.; Kings and rulers in literature.; Great Britain -- History -- 1066-1687 -- Historiography.
Description: In Shakespeare the Historian Paola Pugliatti proposes that Shakespeare's staging of English history helped to establish a new historiographical outlook.

Through close examination of the playwright's varied methods and writing styles, she argues that Shakespeare achieved a radical multi-perspectivism or polyphony through which he was able to challenge the monologic practice of contemporary historical sources and cross-examine political issues, thus inaugurating a problem-orientated, critical historiography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.