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King Henry IV, Part 1 (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series) (Pt. 1)
William Shakespeare
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Description for King Henry IV, Part 1 (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series) (Pt. 1)
Paperback. David Scott Kastan's lucid exploration of the remarkable richness and ambitious design of "King Henry IV Part I" reveals the play to be almost a treatise on the central relationship between value and political authority. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 398 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
398
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
The Arden Shakespeare
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904271352
SKU
V9781904271352
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About William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. David Scott Kastan is the George M. Bodman Professor of English at Yale University, USA.
Reviews for King Henry IV, Part 1 (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series) (Pt. 1)
'It is the superbly generous girth of Shakespeare's Henry IV plays that makes them so remarkable'
Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 15.07.10
'Shakespeare's story of a troubled usurper, a rebel age, a dissolute prince and his Falstaff.'
Libby Purves, The Times, 16.07.10
'This is Shakespeare's masterpeice where diseaeses are turned to commodity, the hostess is eaten out ... Read more
Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 15.07.10
'Shakespeare's story of a troubled usurper, a rebel age, a dissolute prince and his Falstaff.'
Libby Purves, The Times, 16.07.10
'This is Shakespeare's masterpeice where diseaeses are turned to commodity, the hostess is eaten out ... Read more