The Third Part of King Henry VI Hardback
by William Shakespeare
Edited by Michael (University of Sheffield) Hattaway
Part of the The New Cambridge Shakespeare series
Hardback
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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, 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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:248 pages, 17 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/03/1993
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- ISBN:9780521373319
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:248 pages, 17 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/03/1993
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521373319
