The Third Part of King Henry VI (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)

Author: Shakespeare, William

Brand: Cambridge University Press

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 246

Release Date: 04-03-1993

Part Number: Refer to Sapnet.

Details: Product Description
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, textual notes on the plays and poems and an extensive Introduction. Shakespeare's plays about the reign of King Henry VI were written at the beginning of his career. A recent series of outstanding productions has demonstrated their theatrical vitality, and their sceptical questioning of Elizabethan orthodoxies has been understood through revisionist readings of the history of Shakespeare's own times. In The Third Part of King Henry VI, Shakespeare extends his essay on monarchical politics by contrasting two kings, the good but ineffective Henry VI with his rival, the sensual and victorious Edward IV. He also shows the perils of aristocratic factionalism in a series of scenes that display the grievous wounds caused by the Wars of the Roses.
Book Description
The Third Part of King Henry VI, brings Shakespeare's story of Henry's reign and fall to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, to its unhappy close.

EAN: 9780521377058

Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English