King Henry IV Part 2 - Third Series

More troubled and troubling than King Henry IV Part 1 , the play continues the story of King Henry''s decline and Hal''s reform. Though Part 2 echoes the structure of the earlier play, it is a darker and more unsettling world, in which even Falstaff''s revelry is more tired and cynical, and the once-merry Hal sloughs off his tavern companions to become King Henry V. James C. Bulman''s authoritative edition provides a wealth of incisive commentary on this complex history play.>

About the author

James C. Bulman is Henry B. and Patricia Bush Tippie Professor of English at Allegheny College, USA and was President of the Shakespeare Association of America (1998-99).

Summary

More troubled and troubling than King Henry IV Part 1, the play continues the story of King Henry’s decline and Hal’s reform. Though Part 2 echoes the structure of the earlier play, it is a darker and more unsettling world, in which even Falstaff’s revelry is more tired and cynical, and the once-merry Hal sloughs off his tavern companions to become King Henry V.

James C. Bulman's authoritative edition provides a wealth of incisive commentary on this complex history play.

Product details

• Authors: Bulman, James C. Bulman, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, Shakespeare Bulman
• Assisted by: James C Bulman (Editor), James C. Bulman (Editor), Bulman James C. (Editor), David Scott Kastan (Editor), Matthew Nichols (Editor), Richard Proudfoot (Editor), Jenny Stevens (Editor), Ann Thompson (Editor), H R Woudhuysen (Editor)
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2016
• EAN: 9781904271369
• ISBN: 978-1-904271-36-9
• No. of pages: 576
• Series: The Arden Shakespeare; The Arden Shakespeare Third Series; GCSE Student Guides; The Arden Shakespeare; The Arden Shakespeare Third Series; Arden Shakespeare Third
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; DRAMA / Shakespeare, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean