Lees and Moonshine: Remembering Richard III, 1485–1635

• Published in: Renaissance quarterly Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 850 - 883
• Main Author: Schwyzer, Philip
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The Renaissance Society of America 01.09.2010; Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Children; Collective memory; Drama; English literature; Fathers; Historical text analysis; Kings; Literary criticism; Memory; Men; Moonshine; Poetry; Protestant Reformation; Renaissance period; Richard III, King of England (1452-85); Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Sons; Studies; Theater; Warfare; United Kingdom > UK; England

Not long after Shakespeare's birth in 1564, the last witnesses to the reign of Richard III (1483–85) would have reached the end of their lives.Richard III(ca. 1592) occupies a distinctive historical moment in relation to its subject, the period after the extinction of living memory, but still w...