
The First Part of King Henry the Fourth: Pt. 1
William Shakespeare(Author)
Barbara Hodgdon(Editor)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 16. April 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-333-69098-7 (ISBN)
Description
Widely studied from GCSE and A level to undergraduate level, this edition of the play offers students a range of contextual detail against which to read the text. Documents included cover issues of historiography, performance and sources, especially sources for the classic figure of Falstaff.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
College/higher education
Adult education
Interest Age: 15 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
illustrations, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-69098-7 (9780333690987)
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Content
Preface - Introduction - PART 1: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, HENRY IV, PART ONE; David Bevington - PART 2: EARLY MODERN DEBATES - Historiography and the Uses of History - Civic Order and Rebellion - Cultural Territories - The Education of a Prince - Honor and Arms: Elizabethan Neochivalric Culture and the Military Trades - The Oldcastle Controversy: 'What's in a Name?' - Bibliography