| Edition |
Updated edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
New Cambridge Shakespeare |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Works. 2014 (Pearson). Cambridge University Press.
1984.
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| Note |
Previous edition: 1992. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250). |
| Contents |
The play and its date -- The coercive chorus -- Context and sources -- Structure and language -- Staging and stage history -- Recent critical and stage interpretations -- Note on the text -- List of characters -- The play -- Textual analysis -- Appendices. Theatre sources: the famous victories -- Historical sources: Holinshead's Chronicles -- Background sources: Richard Crompton, The mansion of magnanimitie. |
| Summary |
This new edition features a section on recent stage, film & critical interpretations of the play. Andrew Gurr highlights the debate over how the play should be read, placing the apparent contradictions in the context of Elizabethan thought. |
| Subject |
Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422 -- Drama.
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Great Britain -- History -- Henry V, 1413-1422 -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Gurr, Andrew.
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| Added Title |
Henry V
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| ISBN |
0521847923 (hardcover) |
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9780521847926 (hardcover) |
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0521612640 (paperback) |
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9780521612647 (paperback) |
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