Macbeth, King Lear & contemporary history
Subtitle: being a study of the relations of the play of Macbeth to the personal history of James I, the Darnley murder, and the St Bartholomew Massacre, and also of King Lear as symbolic mythology
By: by Lilian Winstanley.
Publisher: Norwood Editions
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Norwood, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; James I, King of England, 1566-1625 -- In literature.; Macbeth, King of Scotland, 11th cent. -- In literature.; Darnley, Henry Stuart, Lord, 1545-1567 -- Death and burial.; Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.; Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.; Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572.; Lear, King (Legendary character), in literature.; Kings and rulers in literature.; Great Britain -- History -- James I, 1603-1625 -- Historiography.; Great Britain -- In literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reprint of the 1922 ed. published at the University Press, Cambridge, Eng.