The Second Part of King Henry IV
2nd Edition
£9.99
Part of The New Cambridge Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Editor: Giorgio Melchiori
- Date Published: May 2007
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521689502
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The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. This second edition retains Giorgio Melchiori's text of Shakespeare's The Second Part of King Henry IV. Melchiori argues that the play forms an unplanned sequel to the First Part, itself a 'remake' of an old, non-Shakespearean play. In the Second Part, Shakespeare deliberately exploits Falstaff's popular appeal and the resulting rich humour adds a comic dimension to the play, rendering it a unique blend of history, morality play and comedy. Among modern editions, Melchiori's is the one most firmly based on the quarto. This second edition includes a new section by Adam Hansen on recent stage, film and critical interpretations.
Read more- Contains a new introductory section by Adam Hansen which describes recent stage, film and critical interpretations
- An accessible and informative textbook for students studying Shakespeare
- Two new illustrations and an updated reading list are included in this new edition
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: May 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521689502
- length: 281 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 150 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.468kg
- contains: 19 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Abbreviations and conventions
Introduction: Publication and date
Unconformities
The sources and The Famous Victories
The Henriad as remake
Rewriting the remake
The Morality structure
The comedy of humours
City and country comedy
Language
History
Psychodrama
Time and disease
Part Two on the stage
Recent stage, film and critical interpretations by Adam Hansen
Note on the text
List of characters
THE PLAY
Textual analysis
Appendixes:
1. Shakespeare's use of Holinshed
2. Some historical and literary sources
3. The Famous Victories
4. Tarlton and the Lord Chief Justice
Reading list.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Rule and Rulers
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