Henry VHenry V, the climax of Shakespeare's sequence of English history plays, is an inspiring, often comic celebration of a young warrior-king. But it is also a study of the costly exhilarations of war, and of the penalties as well as the glories of human greatness. Introducing this brilliantly innovative edition, Gary Taylor shows how Shakespeare shaped his historical material, examines controversial critical interpretations, discusses the play's fluctuating fortunes in performance, and analyses the range and variety of Shakespeare's characterization. The first Folio text is radically rethought, making original use of the First Quarto (1600). |
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Contents
List of Illustrations | 3 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 5 |
Charles Keans Siege of Harfleur | 49 |
Theophilus Cibber as Pistol | 64 |
Editorial Procedures | 75 |
APPENDIX | 238 |
The King in a morris dance | 283 |
The English armys route to Agincourt | 284 |
The blind goddess Fortune | 285 |
The Two Versions of 4 5 | 287 |
APPENDIX C | 303 |
APPENDIX | 316 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Henry V Oxford world's classics The Oxford Shakespeare, William Shakespeare Works, William Shakespeare World's classics |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Editor | Gary Taylor |
| Contributor | Gary Taylor |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, reissue, revised |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0192834231, 9780192834232 |
| Length | 330 pages |
| Subjects | › Drama / Shakespeare |
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