SOURCE: Cohen, Derek. “History and the Nation in Richard II and Henry IV.” Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 42, no. 2 (spring 2002): 293-315.
In the following essay, Cohen assesses the perception of history in the Henry IV plays, emphasizing a turbulent process of nation-building that survives both the murder and usurpation of Richard II and the pervasive moral uncertainty of Henry IV, Part 2.
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