'Then draw the Curtaines againe': The Strange Case of Good Duke Humphrey (of William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part Two)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

'Then draw the Curtaines againe': The Strange Case of Good Duke Humphrey (of William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part Two)

Original language description

The image of a sleeping character on stage had a special dramatic significance for mediaeval and early-modern playwrights and audiences, often playing a crucial rôle in the dramaturgical plane of the play in question. William Shakespeare seems to have been particularly fond of this trope, having used it numerous times throughout his dramatic career. The present paper discusses the very first instance of the topos in Shakespeare's canon - the murder of Duke Humphrey in his bed in 2 Henry VI. Special attention is paid to two distinct versions of the scene (Quarto and Folio), whose relationship has not been unanimously agreed upon by literary criticism. The author argues that, while the Quarto version seems to be the original work of early Shakespeare, the Folio variant is dramatically superior and more consistent with the use of the topos in Shakespeare's later - and more mature - works.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AL - Art, architecture, cultural heritage

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

The Luminary

ISSN

2056-9238

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

3

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

26-37

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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