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King Henry V / edited by Andrew Gurr

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University press, 1995.Description: xvii, 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0521293693
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 822.33 GUR
Summary: This new edition of Shakespeare's most celebrated war play points to the many inconsistencies in the presentation of Henry V. In his substantial introduction Andrew Gurr explains the play as a reaction to the decade of war which preceded its writing; he analyses the play's double vision of Henry as both military hero and self-seeking individual, discusses the context of Elizabethan law and morality, and provides a full account of the play's sources and its subsequent life on the stage and screen
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This new edition of Shakespeare's most celebrated war play points to the many inconsistencies in the presentation of Henry V. In his substantial introduction Andrew Gurr explains the play as a reaction to the decade of war which preceded its writing; he analyses the play's double vision of Henry as both military hero and self-seeking individual, discusses the context of Elizabethan law and morality, and provides a full account of the play's sources and its subsequent life on the stage and screen

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