1st Edition

Shakespeare’s Second Tetralogy The Bible, the School of Salamanca and Kingship

By Luis Javier Conejero-Magro Copyright 2026
210 Pages
by Routledge

Shakespeare’s Second Tetralogy explores the profound and multifaceted relationship between William Shakespeare’s historical dramas and biblical intertextuality. This study moves beyond reductive compilations of biblical references or sectarian interpretations, delving instead into the aesthetic and stylistic functions of these intertextual elements in Shakespeare’s second tetralogy. The book’s... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1 – Biblical Intertextuality and the School of Salamanca

Chapter 2 – Richard II and the Old Testament

Chapter 3 – Limited Biblical Reference in Henry IV

Chapter 4 – Falstaff’s Distortion of Biblical Reference

Chapter 5 – Prince Hal: Bridge between the Old and the New Testaments

Chapter 6 – Henry V’s Recurrent Use of the Gospels

Chapter 7 – Conclusions

 

Biography

Luis Javier Conejero-Magro (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the Universidad de Extremadura. His research focuses on stylistics, intertextuality, and translation, with a particular emphasis on Shakespearean studies. He has explored the transposition of Shakespeare’s works in Spain, especially the religious intertext that permeates Elizabethan drama.