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Shakespeare's Monarchical Views

by Barbara Bennet Lewis




Institution: North Texas State College
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Year: 1959
Keywords: William Shakespeare; monarchy; plays
Record ID: 1551434
Full text PDF: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108027/


Abstract

The purpose of this study is to treat one aspect of Shakespeare's political views, his views on monarchy as found in the two great English history tetralogies, and to compare them to the monarchical views of his age.