On the Authorship of King Edward Ⅲ

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  • 『エドワード三世』の作者について : 歴史劇における三つの親子関係からの推測
  • エドワード 3セイ ノ サクシャ ニ ツイテ レキシゲキ ニ オケル ミッツ ノ オヤコ カンケイ カラ ノ スイソク

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While many critics accept that Shakespeare at least contributed to the writing of King Edward III, Richard Proudfoot in 1985 published a paper claiming that Shakespeare created the play alone. After that, the play was included in The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition, published in 1997, and Giorgio Melchiori edited the play as a volume of The New Cambridge Shakespeare in 1998. This paper compares three types of relationship between fathers and sons in Shakespeare's Histories and King Edward III and tries to show that Shakespeare might indeed have written the play by himself. In the first part of Henry VT, Talbot and his son, John, are described in detail as a warrior family. They do not have the political consciousness of Henry IV and his son (Harry, later Henry V), who, due to their present and future responsibilities as holders of regal power in the kingdom, are necessarily acutely aware of political conditions. Edward III has his son the Black Prince undergo a trial and tests his ability to function in an adverse situation. Edward III seems to be a more suitable king than Henry IV Moreover, while Harry does not contemplate on death, the Black Prince is forced to do so before a battle, much as Hamlet is before his fencing match with Laertes. These points provide inferential support for the contention that Shakespeare wrote King Edward Ⅲby himself.

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  • 言語科学

    言語科学 46 47-59, 2011-03-17

    The Faculty of Languages and Cultures, Kyushu University

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