Developmental Structure in Shakespeare's Early Histories: The Perspective of 3 Henry VI.

EARLY modern English drama; SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616; HENRY VI, King of England, 1421-1471; HENRY VI, Part III (Play : Shakespeare)

Discusses the development of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare through his 'Henry VI' plays. View of the three plays as separate and independent creations; How Shakespeare seems progressively to be striving for a dramatic perspective of sufficient scope to accommodate the movement of national forces; Elements of detachment in the structure of '3 Henry VI.'