Oxford Handbook of Holinshed's Chronicles

by Felicity Heal, Ian W. Archer, Paulina Kewes

The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (1577, 1587), issued under the name of Raphael Holinshed, was the crowning achievement of Tudor historiography, and became the principal source for the historical writings of Spenser, Daniel and, above all, Shakespeare. While scholars have long been drawn to Holinshed for its qualities as a source, they typically dismissed it as a baggy collection of materials, lacking coherent form and analytical insight. This condescending verdict has only recently given way to an appreciation of the literary and historical qualities of these chronicles.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199565759
• ISBN13: 9780199565757
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 812 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.6" x 9.8"