Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

Holinshed, Raphael | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Booth, Stephen. The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles: An Account of Its Inception, Purpose, Contributors, Contents, Publication, Revision, and Influence on William Shakespeare. San Francisco: The Book Club, 1968, 83 p.

In-depth, limited-edition bibliographical and critical study of Holinshed's Chronicles.

Boyd, Brian. “‘King John’ and ‘The Troublesome Raigne’: Sources, Structure, Sequence.” Philological Quarterly 74, No. 1 (1995): 37-57.

Argues that the Troublesome Raigne was derived from Shakespeare's King John, noting that the anonymous writer copied Shakespeare's reorganization of Holinshed's material in the Chronicles.

Bueler, Lois E. “Disraeli's Sybil and Holinshed's Chronicles.Victorian Newsletter 54 (1978): 17-19.

Contends that Benjamin Disraeli's treatment of popular insurrection in Sybil is based...

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