An edition of Macbeth, King Lear & contemporary history (1922)
Macbeth, King Lear & contemporary history
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 Lilian Winstanley
Publish Date
1922
Publisher
The University Press
Language
eng
Pages
228
Description:
subjects: Contemporary England, Death and burial, Historiography, History, History and criticism, In literature, King Lear (Legendary character), Kings and rulers in literature, Lear, King (Legendary character), in literature, Legends, Literature and history, Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572
People: Henry Stuart Darnley Lord (1545-1567), James I King of England (1566-1625), Macbeth King of Scotland (11th cent), Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587), William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Places: Great Britain
Times: 16th century, 17th century, James I, 1603-1625