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Henry IV Part I: The New Oxford Shakespeare
Henry IV Part I: The New Oxford Shakespeare

Henry IV Part I: The New Oxford Shakespeare

Author: 
William Shakespeare; Indira Ghose; Anna Pruitt; Emma Smith
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  • The introduction explores Shakespeare's most probing engagement with Machiavelli, suggesting that it is more visible with Prince Hal than villains like Richard III and Iago
  • Offers an up-to-date review of the so-called 'religious turn' in Shakespeare criticism
  • Closely studies the comedy in the play, presenting Hal and Falstaff as a comic duo who riff off each other's lines
  • Combines fresh, new scholarship from leading researchers with authoritative texts and comprehensive notes in order to offer readers a complete guide to Shakespeare
  • Uses the text from the landmark The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition collated from all surviving original versions of Shakespeare's work
  • Presented in modern spelling and punctuation with accessible critical apparatus to best aid understanding of the plays and poems

  
'What is honour? A word. What is in that word 'honour'? What is that 'honour'? Air.'
  
A history play that combines a coming-of-age narrative with a tale of power, rebellion, friendship, and betrayal, Henry IV, Part I has been a perennial favourite from Shakespeare's time to the present. What has ensured its popularity is above all the towering figure of Falstaff, Shakespeare's greatest comic creation. The ebullient, unabashedly pleasure-seeking and brilliantly witty character has proved as irresistible for audiences as he was for his protégé, Prince Hal. This introduction discusses their relationship within the framework of the play's historical, cultural, and performative setting. At the same time, it explores the question of why the play has proved so enduringly attractive to audiences today.
  
The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed to encourage new interpretations of the plays and poems. Using the text from the landmark The New Oxford Shakespeare Complete Works: Modern Critical Edition, these volumes offer readers the latest thinking on the authentic texts (collated from all surviving original versions of Shakespeare's work) alongside innovative introductions from leading scholars. The texts are accompanied by a comprehensive set of critical apparatus to give readers the best resources to help understand and enjoy Shakespeare's work.

 

Index: 

General Editors' Preface to The New Oxford Shakespeare
Introduction
Note on the Text
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of William Shakespeare

HENRY IV PART I

About the author: 

William Shakespeare
Edited by Indira Ghose, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Anna Pruitt, Indiana University, and Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Oxford

Indira Ghose is Professor Emeritus of English Literature, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Her most recent publications include Shakespeare and Laughter: A Cultural History (2008), Much Ado About Nothing: Language and Writing (2017), and Shakespeare in Jest (2021).

Anna Pruitt is the Managing Editor of Giving USA at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University. She is an Associate Editor of New Oxford Shakespeare.

Product details

ISBN : 9780192865823

Author: 
William Shakespeare; Indira Ghose; Anna Pruitt; Emma Smith
Pages
192 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
196 x 129 mm
Pub date
Apr 2024
Series
Oxford World's Classics
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Henry IV Part I: The New Oxford Shakespeare

Henry IV Part I: The New Oxford Shakespeare

Henry IV Part I: The New Oxford Shakespeare