King Henry V
For this updated edition of Shakespeare's most celebrated war play, Andrew Gurr has added a new section to his introduction which considers recent critical and stage interpretations. He analyzes the play's double vision of Henry as both military hero and self-seeking individual and demonstrates how the patriotic declarations of the Chorus are contradicted by the play's action. Gurr analyzes the play's more controversial sequences in the context of Elizabethan thought, in particular, the studies of the laws and morality of war written in the years before Henry V. An updated reading list completes the edition. First Edition Hb (1992) 0-521-22154-4 First Edition Pb (1992) 0-521-29369-3
- Updated edition, containing a new introductory section which analyses recent critical and stage interpretations, with particular attention to the 'secret' versus 'official' readings of the play
- Places the play's more controversial sequences in the context of Elizabethan thought Considers the exceptional variety of language and dialect in the play
Product details
October 2005Hardback
9780521847926
266 pages
229 × 152 × 16 mm
0.53kg
18 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations and conventions
- Introduction: 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: Holinshed's Chronicles
- Background sources: Richard Crompton, The Mansion of Magnanimitie
- Reading list.