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The 'disciplines of war': Elizabethan war manuals and Shakespeare’s tragicomic vision

The 'disciplines of war': Elizabethan war manuals and Shakespeare’s tragicomic vision
The 'disciplines of war': Elizabethan war manuals and Shakespeare’s tragicomic vision
This chapter explores the genre of war manuals in the late sixteenth century and shows the use that Shakespeare made of William Garrard's The Art of War (1591) in Henry V, Othello and other plays. In particular the essay looks at the law and practice of siege, and examines the ways in which Shakespeare's dramaturgy raises questions about the whole concept of 'just' war.
war, theatre, shakespeare, henry v, othello, tragicomedy, just war, siege
0230205089
15-29
Palgrave Macmillan
King, Ros
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King, Ros
Franssen, Paul J.C.M.
King, Ros
7b27456c-0da8-432b-a82f-ee19af23d4fb
King, Ros
Franssen, Paul J.C.M.

King, Ros (2008) The 'disciplines of war': Elizabethan war manuals and Shakespeare’s tragicomic vision. In, King, Ros and Franssen, Paul J.C.M. (eds.) Shakespeare and War. Basingstoke, UK. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 15-29.

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This chapter explores the genre of war manuals in the late sixteenth century and shows the use that Shakespeare made of William Garrard's The Art of War (1591) in Henry V, Othello and other plays. In particular the essay looks at the law and practice of siege, and examines the ways in which Shakespeare's dramaturgy raises questions about the whole concept of 'just' war.

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Published date: 14 October 2008
Keywords: war, theatre, shakespeare, henry v, othello, tragicomedy, just war, siege

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Local EPrints ID: 65446
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/65446
ISBN: 0230205089
PURE UUID: 8cd230d6-ec17-4989-a062-d8a3b4a3efea

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Date deposited: 16 Feb 2009
Last modified: 05 Aug 2022 16:35

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Author: Ros King
Editor: Ros King
Editor: Paul J.C.M. Franssen

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