Oxford Shakespeare: King Henry VIII - Or All Is True

Zusatztext Textual apparatus is of a high standard ... the commentary provides succinct notes on chronological and historical detail, pointed reference to sources used and works that supplement the playwrights' sources, and a comprehensive gloss to problematic words and phrases usefully keyed to a separate index. This is an excellent edition for undergraduate study: the introduction works to consolidate previous critical approaches without itself ever offering restrictive pronouncements on how to read the play, while the text and commentary are set out in a clear, uncrowded manner. Attention to the working needs of the student is evident throughout Klappentext This is the first fully annotated and comprehensive modern-spelling edition of King Henry VIII to appear for over a decade. It makes full use of current scholarship on the dating, authorship, printing, and sources of the play, as well as critical interpretations. The editor concludes that Shakespeare and his younger colleague John Fletcher worked on the script together but that Shakespeare was probably the guiding spirit. Zusammenfassung This is an annotated and comprehensive modern-spelling edition of "King Henry VIII", known in early performances as "All is True". It makes use of scholarship on the dating, authorship, printing, and sources of the play, as well as interpretations, and includes a survey of the play in performance. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Introduction Henry VIII, Shakespeare, and the Reformation in England Sources Date, Authorship, and Printing The Play The Language of 'King Henry VIII' Editorial Procedures Abbreviations and References KING HENRY VIII, OR ALL IS TRUE Index

Product details

• Authors: John Fletcher, William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Jay L Halio (Editor), Jay L. Halio (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.1999
• EAN: 9780198130017
• ISBN: 978-0-19-813001-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: The Oxford Shakespeare; Oxford Shakespeare (Hardcover); The Oxford Shakespeare
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > English; Fiction > Poetry, drama; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, DRAMA / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean