King Henry V: A Critical Reader
King Henry V: A Critical Reader

Author: Line Cottegnies

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-10-18

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1474280129

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Arden Early Modern Drama Guides offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and performance contexts of key Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. Essays from leading international scholars give invaluable insight into the text by presenting a range of critical perspectives, making the books ideal companions for study and research. Key features include: Essays on the play's critical and performance history A keynote essay on current research and thinking about the play A selection of new essays by leading scholars A survey of resources to direct students' further reading about the play in print and online This volume offers a thought-provoking guide to King Henry V, surveying the play's rich critical and performance history, with a particular emphasis on its reputation in France as well as Britain and the US. A chapter on non-Anglophone reactions to the play, alongside new essays on British identity, religion, medieval warfare and the questioning of Henry V's heroism, open up ground-breaking perspectives on the play. The volume also includes discussions of King Henry V's rich theatrical and filmic heritage, and a guide to learning and teaching resources and how these might be integrated into effective pedagogic strategies in the classroom.

King Henry V: A Critical Reader
King Henry V: A Critical Reader

Author: Line Cottegnies

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-10-18

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1474280110

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Arden Early Modern Drama Guides offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and performance contexts of key Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. Essays from leading international scholars give invaluable insight into the text by presenting a range of critical perspectives, making the books ideal companions for study and research. Key features include: Essays on the play's critical and performance history A keynote essay on current research and thinking about the play A selection of new essays by leading scholars A survey of resources to direct students' further reading about the play in print and online This volume offers a thought-provoking guide to King Henry V, surveying the play's rich critical and performance history, with a particular emphasis on its reputation in France as well as Britain and the US. A chapter on non-Anglophone reactions to the play, alongside new essays on British identity, religion, medieval warfare and the questioning of Henry V's heroism, open up ground-breaking perspectives on the play. The volume also includes discussions of King Henry V's rich theatrical and filmic heritage, and a guide to learning and teaching resources and how these might be integrated into effective pedagogic strategies in the classroom.

King Henry V
King Henry V

Author: Karen Britland

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781474280136

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Introduction (Karen Britland, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA and Line Cottegnies, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, France) -- 1. The Critical Backstory (James D. Mardock, University of Nevada, USA) -- 2. Performance History (Gisèle Venet and Anne-Marie Miller-Blaise, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, France) -- 3. The State of the Art (Emma Smith, University of Oxford, UK) -- 4. Henry V on Screen (Sarah Hatchuel, Le Havre University, France) -- 5. New Directions: Shakespeare's Henry V and Religion (John Drakakis, University of Stirling, UK) -- 6. New Directions: Making and Remaking the British Kingdoms - Henry V, Then and Now (Christopher Ivic, Bath Spa University, UK) -- 7. New Directions: 'His Bruised Helmet and his Bended Sword' - The Politics of Criminality and Heroism in Henry V (Christine Sukic, University of Reims, France) -- 8. New Directions: Agincourt and After: The Adversary's Perspective (Elizabeth Pentland, York University, Toronto, Canada) -- 9. Learning and Teaching Resources (Gillian Woods, Birkbeck, University of London, UK and Laura Seymour, Bath Spa University, UK).

King Henry V
King Henry V

Author: Joseph Candido

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-02-10

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1350260010

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With its depiction of the victorious English king, Henry V has divided critical opinion and remains one of the more controversial of Shakespeare's histories. This new volume in Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Shakespeare's plays were received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. The volume offers, in separate sections, both critical opinions about the play across the centuries and an evaluation of their positions within and their impact on the reception of the play. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.

Henry V, Holy Warrior
Henry V, Holy Warrior

Author: Timothy M. Thibodeau

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2022-02-21

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1476687080

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King Henry V saw his reign and military efforts in France as a holy crusade to reclaim the French throne for his ancestors. Almost everything he did was governed by a well-thought-out philosophy that united political power, religious devotion and military success. This book includes the most up-to-date research on Henry V's reign, with a focus on historiography. His role in English history, as well as his actions as a ruler and military commander, are discussed throughout the text. This approach demonstrates how historians interact with a complicated academic literature that oscillates between hero worship and vilification of Henry. In the end, Henry V is measured by the standards of his day and was unquestionably a successful warrior king.

Henry V
Henry V

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 2020-02-04

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1982109416

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The authoritative edition of William Shakespeare’s historic play Henry V from the Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for both students and general readers. Henry V is Shakespeare’s most famous “war play”; it includes the storied English victory over the French at Agincourt. Some of it glorifies war, especially the choruses and Henry’s speeches urging his troops into battle. But we also hear bishops conniving for war to postpone a bill that would tax the church, and soldiers expecting to reap profits from the conflict. Even in the speeches of Henry and his nobles, there are many chilling references to the human cost of war. The authoritative edition of Henry V from the Folger Shakespeare Library includes: –Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play –Newly revised explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play –Scene-by-scene plot summaries –A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases –An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language –An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play –Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books –An up-to-date annotated guide to further reading –An essay by Catherine Belsey The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the folder offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.

King Henry V
King Henry V

Author: Joseph Candido

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-02-10

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1350260002

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With its depiction of the victorious English king, Henry V has divided critical opinion and remains one of the more controversial of Shakespeare's histories. This new volume in Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Shakespeare's plays were received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. The volume offers, in separate sections, both critical opinions about the play across the centuries and an evaluation of their positions within and their impact on the reception of the play. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.

Henry V by William Shakespeare: Text and Critical Introduction
Henry V by William Shakespeare: Text and Critical Introduction

Author: Ray Moore

Publisher:

Published: 2016-04-20

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781532793707

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Welcome to the latest in Ray Moore's Text and Critical Introduction Series.As with all the books in this series, it will help any reader gain a greater understanding of the issues central to the play. Henry V is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays both in the theater and on film. Critics, however, have been divided over whether it glorifies the leadership of King Henry and military victories that he achieves or subjects both king and battles to withering criticism.The book provides: An introduction covering: historical and literary background, characters,setting, genre and themes; The full text of the play with side by side explanatory notes and a detailed commentary; A concluding chapter of critical analysis that evaluates a variety of approaches to understanding the play and presents a clear, consistent reading.The author's aim is to meet the needs of students up to undergraduate level, of their teachers, and of the general reader who wishes to experience, understand and enjoy one of the great works of world literature.

Blake, Politics, and History
Blake, Politics, and History

Author: Jackie DiSalvo

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9780815316794

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This volume traces the modern critical and performance history of this play, one of Shakespeare's most-loved and most-performed comedies. The essay focus on such modern concerns as feminism, deconstruction, textual theory, and queer theory.

Ambiguity in Shakespeare's History Play King Henry V
Ambiguity in Shakespeare's History Play King Henry V

Author: Michael Trinkwalder

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2012-05-29

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 3656200394

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Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,00, Staatliche Berufliche Oberschule Fachoberschule / Berufsoberschule Kaufbeuren, language: English, abstract: "King Henry V" has always been considered as Shakespeare's most patriotic play, one could even argue his most nationalistic play. "King Henry V" appears to be the story of the ideal English king who is brave, charismatic, honourable and pious or as Shakespeare puts it, he is "the mirror of all Christian kings" who fights for what is righteously his and leads his "band of brothers" to victory against impossible odds. However, to truly understand Shakespeare's motivations, we have to take a look at the tumultuous time in which the play was written. Under the reign of Elizabeth I., England had either been at war or at the constant threat of one for decades. It was a time of frequent conspiracies to overthrow the queen and bloody rebellions. In this context the play can be seen as an attempt to raise the morale and to rally the English around a common cause. This interpretation becomes plausible given the fact that the play's popularity increased whenever England was threatened, for example in both world wars and the Napoleonic wars. Nevertheless "King Henry V" is not just simple wartime propaganda, it's an ambiguous play which can be interpreted both as a glorification of war or alternatively as a subtle critique of the cruelty and futility of war. It lies entirely in the eye of the beholder. Someone with a patriotic point of view might identify himself with the virtuous Henry or admire that - although weakened by plague and famine - the English soldiers and their king defeats a superior French army, whereas a more critical reader might question the legitimacy of waging a war of aggression in the first place. Furthermore particularly modern readers feel disgusted by the killing of the unarmed prisoners at the battle of Agincourt. Nowadays it wou