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- Title
The Relationship between Literature and Popular Fiction in Shakespeare's Richard III.
- Authors
Pataki, Jelena
- Abstract
Deemed a great connoisseur of the human nature whose literary characters exhibit the deepest shadows of the human soul, Shakespeare has largely influenced modern views of certain historical personas. The most famous example is Richard III, perceived as the cruellest English ruler. Inspired by contradictory attitudes of popular fiction writers, Philippa Gregory and Anne O'Brien, toward Shakespeare's Richard, this paper argues that the Bard cemented the negative image of Richard III based on inconsistent historical sources. Likewise, by comparing Literature and popular fiction, the aim to show that Shakespeare's play presents a true popular work of fiction of its own time.
- Subjects
SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616; RICHARD III (Play : Shakespeare); FICTION; LITERATURE; IDEOLOGY; INFLUENCE (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Publication
ESSE Messenger, 2016, Vol 25, Issue 2, p52
- ISSN
2518-3567
- Publication type
Literary Criticism