King Henry VI, Part 2

by William Shakespeare

Overview

This edition celebrates King Henry VI Part 2 as one of the most exciting and dynamic plays of the English renaissance theatre, with its exploration of power politics and social revolution and its focus on the relationship between divine justice and sin. An extensive discussion of performance history traces the play's progress on stage from abridgement and adaptation to full historical epic. A survey of criticism discusses the wide range of responses provoked by the play's handling of its historical theme, and concludes by focusing on the element of burlesque in the attempted social revolution portrayed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412156257
Publisher:	eBooksLib
Publication date:	04/21/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	160 KB

About the Author

Widely esteemed as the greatest writer in the English language, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an actor and theatrical producer in addition to writing plays and sonnets. Dubbed "The Bard of Avon," Shakespeare oversaw the building of the Globe Theatre in London, where a number of his plays were staged, the best-known of which include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. The First Folio, a printed book of 36 of his comedies, tragedies, and history plays, was published in 1623.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

List of illustrations General editors' preface Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION Performance - Abridgement and adaptation - From abridgement to full text Criticism - Augustans to German Romantics - Victorians and Edwardians - Tillyard and the Tudor myth - Brockbank and the anti-Tillyardians - Providence on trial - Carnivalesque history - Seneca, rhetoric and poetry - Feminism - History, justice and drama Text - The upstart Crow - Date, sequence and authorship - From revision to report - Acceptance and reaction KING HENRY VI, Part 2 Longer Notes Appendices 1)
The First Quarto (1594) 2)
Q1 and Q3 variants 3)
Recollections in The Contention 4)
Doubling chart 5)
Sources 6)
Genealogical tables Abbreviations and references Index