King Henry VI Part 2

by William Shakespeare

Overview

The second part of King Henry VI continues the threads of the first part, continuing to focus on the disputes between the English and the French. One of Shakespeare's greatest historical tragedy, it rings through the ages with wisdom and wit.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781495975158
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/17/2014
Pages:	88
Sales rank:	767,861
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.18(d)

About the Author

Widely esteemed as the greatest writer in the English language, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an actor and theatrical producer in addition to writing plays and sonnets. Dubbed "The Bard of Avon," Shakespeare oversaw the building of the Globe Theatre in London, where a number of his plays were staged, the best-known of which include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. The First Folio, a printed book of 36 of his comedies, tragedies, and history plays, was published in 1623.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

List of illustrations General editors' preface Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION Performance - Abridgement and adaptation - From abridgement to full text Criticism - Augustans to German Romantics - Victorians and Edwardians - Tillyard and the Tudor myth - Brockbank and the anti-Tillyardians - Providence on trial - Carnivalesque history - Seneca, rhetoric and poetry - Feminism - History, justice and drama Text - The upstart Crow - Date, sequence and authorship - From revision to report - Acceptance and reaction KING HENRY VI, Part 2 Longer Notes Appendices 1)
The First Quarto (1594) 2)
Q1 and Q3 variants 3)
Recollections in The Contention 4)
Doubling chart 5)
Sources 6)
Genealogical tables Abbreviations and references Index