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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 534: Literary Portraits of Richard III: The Monster and the Man

Tuesday 8 July 2014, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:Departamento de Filoloxía Inglesa e Alemá, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Organiser:Cristina Mourón-Figueroa, Departamento de Filoloxía Inglesa e Alemá, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Moderator/Chair:Sarah Knight, School of English, University of Leicester
Paper 534-aCreating Literary Monsters: Richard III and Dracula from a Comparative Perspective
(Language: English)
Cristina Mourón-Figueroa, Departamento de Filoloxía Inglesa e Alemá, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Other
Paper 534-bShakespeare and the Deformation of History: An Approach to Richard III's Monstrous Deformity
(Language: English)
Iago Boán-Francis, Departamento de Filoloxía Inglesa e Alemá, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Other
Paper 534-cRichard III: The Man - Evidence from Philippa Gregory's The Kingmaker's Daughter
(Language: English)
Beatriz Puente Rodríguez, Departamento de Filoloxía Inglesa e Alemá, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Other
Abstract

This panel session will seek to analyse the literary portraits of King Richard III both in Shakespeare's play and Philippa Gregory's The Kingmaker's Daughter. Together these portraits reflect the twofold and controversial historical depiction of the King as a monster and as a real historical character. The process of literary creation of the Shakespearean character will be compared with that of another literary monster, namely, Bram Stoker's Dracula. Further analysis of Richard's monstrosity will centre on his physical defomity and the deformation of historical sources in Shakespeare's play. In contrast, a study of the real man will be offered by examining the viewpoint of Richard's own wife in Gregory's work.