Henry VI : critical essays

Author(s)

• Pendleton, Thomas Anthony

Bibliographic Information

Henry VI : critical essays

edited by Thomas A. Pendleton

（Shakespearean criticism）

Routledge, 2009, c2001

• : pbk

Note

"Transferred to digital printing 2009"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-292) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This collection of original essays provides a selection of current criticism on the Henry VI plays. Topics addressed will include feminist commentaries on the play, the principal of unity in the trilogy, the tradition of illumination of the play, textual variations, and finally, anachronism and allegory.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1: Texts with Two Faces
• 2: A Touch of Greene, much Nashe, and all Shakespeare
• 3: Henry VI in Japan
• 4: The Progress of Revenge in the First Henriad
• 5: Shakespeare's Queen Margaret
• 6: The Paper Trail to the Throne
• 7: Folk Magic in Henry VI, Parts 1 and 2
• 8: Shakespeare's Medieval Devils and Joan La Pucelle in 1 Henry VI
• 9: Climbing for Place in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI
• 10: Henry VI, Part 2
• 11: Theme and Design in Recent Productions of Henry VI
• 12: Talking with York
• 13: Henry VI
• 14: Henry VI and the Art of Illustration

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Details

• NCID: BB14850139
• ISBN:
  • 9780815338925
• LCCN: 00061734
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 302 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR2813
  • DC21 : 822.3/3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry VI
  • LCSH : Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471 -- In literature
  • LCSH : Kings and rulers in literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00264469