King Henry IV

Author(s)

• Shakespeare, William
• Kastan, David Scott
• Bulman, James C.

Bibliographic Information

King Henry IV

edited by David Scott Kastan

（The Arden Shakespeare, 3rd ser.）

Arden Shakespeare : Thomson Learning, 2002-2016

• pt. 1 : hbk
• pt. 1 : pbk
• pt. 2 : hbk
• pt. 2 : pbk

Note

Pt. 2 edited by James C. Bulman

Pt. 2 published by Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

pt. 1 : hbk ISBN 9781904271345

Description

David 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.

Volume

pt. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781904271352

Description

David 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.

Volume

pt. 2 : hbk ISBN 9781904271369

Description

More troubled and troubling than King Henry IV Part 1, the play continues the story of King Henry's decline and Hal's reform. Though Part 2 echoes the structure of the earlier play, it is a darker and more unsettling world, in which even Falstaff's revelry is more tired and cynical, and the once-merry Hal sloughs off his tavern companions to become King Henry V. James C. Bulman's authoritative edition provides a wealth of incisive commentary on this complex history play.

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Details

• NCID: BA59621024
• ISBN:
  • 1904271340
  • 9781904271352
  • 9781904271369
  • 9781904271376
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 822.33
• Subject Headings:
  • BLSH : Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, King Henry IV
  • FREE : Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00260617