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- Title
A POSSIBLE SOURCE FOR RICHARD III'S PROPHETIC NIGHTMARE IN GUICCIARDINI.
- Authors
WAUGAMAN, RICHARD M.
- Abstract
The article considers a literary source for the prophetic dream by vengeful ghosts on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth Field in "Richard III" by William Shakespeare. It focuses on Book One of the 1561 "A History of Italy" by Francesco Guicciardini which was translated by Geoffrey Fenton into English and was published by Thomas Vautrollier in 1579, and republished by Richard Field in 1599.
- Subjects
RICHARD III (Play : Shakespeare); LITERARY sources; SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616 -- Sources; GUICCIARDINI, Francesco, 1483-1540; HISTORY of Italy, A (Book); FENTON, Geoffrey; DREAMS in literature
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 2017, Vol 64, Issue 2, p265
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/notesj/gjx058