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- Title
The Kingly Bastard & the Bastardly King: Nation, Imagination, and Agency in Shakespeare's King John.
- Authors
Carroll, Brian
- Abstract
The article explores the project of English playwright William Shakespeare to invent or imagine an England in the 1590s play "The Life and Death of King John" where he uses Philip Falconbridge as a fictional Bastard to interrogate the notions of truth, rightness and legitimacy. It looks at Bastard's origins, character, agency, and kingliness. It also cites the play "The Troublesome Raigne of John, King of England," national identity, and the ideas of imagined nation and national community.
- Subjects
ENGLAND in literature; ENGLISH national character; SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616; LIFE &; Death of King John, The (Theatrical production); TROUBLESOME Raigne of John, King of England, The (Theatrical production)
- Publication
Journal of the Wooden O, 2013, Vol 13, p1
- ISSN
1539-5758
- Publication type
Article