Henry VI, Part Two: The Oxford Shakespeare - Hardcover

Shakespeare, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198130007 ISBN 13: 9780198130000

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2003

Synopsis

Shakespeare's Henry VI plays have come fully into their own in the modern theatre. They dramatize contemporary as much as Elizabethan issues: the struggle for power, the manoeuvres of politicians, social unrest, civil war - no wonder they have struck a chord with modern audiences. Roger Warren draws on his experience of Henry VI, Part Two in rehearsal as well as in performance to focus both the theatricality and the enduring contemporary relevance of the play, both in a wide-ranging Introduction and a detailed Commentary, which also provides a thorough explanation of the play's vivid language. The Textual Introduction offers a complete reconsideration of the complex relation between the two original texts.

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Review:

Warren's impressively scholarly edition of Henry IV, Part 2 is genuinely new and adroitly negotiates the relation between the Folio and Quarto texts of the play. Warren provides a thorough and exemplary scholarly introduction. (Studies in English Literature 1500-1900)

About the Author:

Stanley Wells is the General Editor of the Penguin Shakespeare. He is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Michael Taylor was formerly Professor of English at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. He is the author of Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century and editor of Henry VI, Part One in the Oxford Shakespeare series. Norman Sanders is retired from the position of Professor of Shakespeare at the University of Tennessee. He has also edited Julius Caesar in the Penguin Shakespeare series.

Stanley Wells is the General Editor of the Penguin Shakespeare. He is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Michael Taylor was formerly Professor of English at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. He is the author of Shakespeare Criticism in the Twentieth Century and editor of Henry VI, Part One in the Oxford Shakespeare series.

Norman Sanders is retired from the position of Professor of Shakespeare at the University of Tennessee. He has also edited Julius Caesar in the Penguin Shakespeare series.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0198130007
• ISBN 13: 9780198130000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 332
• Editor: Warren Roger