King Henry IV Part 1: Third Series, Part 1David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry IV Part 1 and shows how these complicate any easy sense of what kind of play it is. Conventionally regarded as a history play, much of it is in fact conspicuously invented fiction, and Kastan argues that the non-historical, comic plot does not simply parody the historical action but by its existence raises questions about the very nature of history. The full and engaging introduction devotes extensive discussion to the play's language, indicating how its insistent economic vocabulary provides texture for the social concerns of the play and focuses attention on the central relationship between value and political authority. |
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... II , and Richard III as the scourge by which God's anger is expressed and finally exhausted , as England is restored ... Richard III ; and Richard II , 1 and 2 Henry IV , and Henry V ) do trace the history of England from 1397 to 1485 ...
... II , and Richard III as the scourge by which God's anger is expressed and finally exhausted , as England is restored ... Richard III ; and Richard II , 1 and 2 Henry IV , and Henry V ) do trace the history of England from 1397 to 1485 ...
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... Richard II and Henry V. On 23 April 1921 , for the anniversary of Shakespeare's birth- day , Barry Jackson staged both parts of Henry IV at the Birmingham Repertory Company , and , to mark the opening of the Memorial Theatre in ...
... Richard II and Henry V. On 23 April 1921 , for the anniversary of Shakespeare's birth- day , Barry Jackson staged both parts of Henry IV at the Birmingham Repertory Company , and , to mark the opening of the Memorial Theatre in ...
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... Richard II . North- umberland's remorse for these acts is seemingly merely rhetorical rather than something deeply felt ; Wilson ( Cam ' ) says ' the old fox gives a sancti- monious smirk ' . 149 Irish expedition Richard II had ...
... Richard II . North- umberland's remorse for these acts is seemingly merely rhetorical rather than something deeply felt ; Wilson ( Cam ' ) says ' the old fox gives a sancti- monious smirk ' . 149 Irish expedition Richard II had ...
Contents
The sources of 1 Henry IV | 339 |
A note on Shakespeares metrics | 345 |
The play in manuscript | 349 |
Copyright | |
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