Falstaff on Tour
County, Town and Country in the Late Elizabethan Theatre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11499321 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neil Rhodes (0000-0002-8134-6200, University of St Andrews, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 384-398 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-1213 • E-ISSN: 1477-4658 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/rest.12838 |
| OpenAlex | W4308260729 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Why does Falstaff travel to York via Gloucestershire in Henry the Fourth, part two? And why does Shakespeare interrupt his second tetralogy of history plays to take his most famous comic character to Windsor in the Merry Wives? This article uses Falstaff's tour of England in these two plays to explore an idea of the country founded upon local identities rather than on the overarching appeal of nationhood. Drawing upon chorography and social history, it focusses on the association of people and place and offers a view of England from the ground up rather than through the more imposing structures of political narrative and symbolic form
Appeal · Art · Art history · Character (mathematics · Comics · Genealogy · Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor · Literature · Narrative · Performance art · Political science · Politics · Scots · Windsor · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philippine History and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |