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Henry IV

edited by David Bevington

(The Oxford Shakespeare)(Oxford paperbacks)

Oxford University Press, 1987-

  • pt. 1
  • pt. 1 : pbk

タイトル別名

Henry the fourth

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注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次
巻冊次

pt. 1 : pbk ISBN 9780192814494

内容説明

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.

目次

  • 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. 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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