CiNii 図書 - Henry IV

During Shakespeare's lifetime, Henry IV was his most popular play. Today, Sir John Falstaff still towers above Shakespeare's other comic inventions. This edition considers the play in the context of various critical approaches, offers a history of the play in performance from Shakespeare's time to ours, and provides useful information on its historical background. Readers will also find detailed commentary on individual words and phrases, and selections from Shakespeare's sources.

Reception, reputation and date
sources - "The Chronicles"
Daniel's "Civil Wars"
"Famous Victories" and the Prince's "Wild Youth"
Falstaff and the vice
Falstaff as soldier
other Falstaff antecedents
providential views of history versus Renaissance scepticism
the question of structural unity
the pattern of oppositions - Hotspur and Falstaff on honour
from feudal chivalry to pragmatism - language and political change
fathers and sons - role-playing and identity
Falstaff's cowardice and lying - his play world
the "education" of Prince Hal
the rejection of Falstaff
the play in performance
the text
editorial procedures
"The History of King Henry the Fourth, Part I". Appendix: Shakespeare's chronicle sources.

巻冊次: pt. 2 : pbk ISBN 9780192831439

内容説明

Rene Weis reveals Shakepeare's use of multiple sources to be eclectic in the extreme in this radical reconsideration of the play's date and text. He also argues for the first time that Falstaff was called Oldcastle in Part 2 as well as in Part I. The play's striving towards a form of order, peace, and legitimacy is explored in relation to Part I and through rigorous attention to structure and language. A full account of the play's history in performance and on film yields a fascinating reflection of its relationship to national triumph and crisis, as well as the diverse idealogical interpretations it has inspired.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
EDITORIAL PROCEDURES
TEXT
INDEX

巻冊次: pt. 1 ISBN 9780198129158

内容説明

As Henry's throne is threatened by rebel forces, England is divided. The characters reflect these oppositions, with Hal and Hotspur vying for position, and Falstaff leading Hal away from his father and towards excess. During Shakespeare's lifetime Henry IV, Part I was his most reprinted play, and it remains enormously popular with theatregoers and readers. Falstaff still towers among Shakespeare's comic inventions as he did in the late 1590s. David Bevington's introduction discusses the play in both performance and criticism from Shakespeare's time to our own, illustrating the variety of interpretations of which the text is capable. He analyses the play's richly textured language in a detailed commentary on individual words and phrases and clearly explains its historical background.

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