SOURCE: “‘He Is But a Bastard to the Time’: Status and Service in The Troublesome Raigne of John and Shakespeare's King John,” in ELH, Vol. 65, No. 4, Winter, 1998, pp. 779-98.
In the following essay, Gieskes compares the portrayal of the Bastard in King John and in The Troublesome Raign of John, King of England, highlighting Shakespeare's views on such social issues as class, rank, and vocation.
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