Henry the Fourth, Part One (The Annotated Shakespeare) - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 030010815X ISBN 13: 9780300108156

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2006

Synopsis

While England is threatened by the Earl of Northumberland, Young Prince Hal cavorts in London's taverns, accompanied by the dissolute, entertaining Falstaff and his band of rogues. Much of this play's tension involves Prince Hal and Falstaff, as the former tries to live up to his duties and responsibilities. In creating Falstaff Shakespeare gave us one of the theater's most enduring and memorable characters.

About this title

About the Author:

Burton Raffel is Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities Emeritus and professor of English emeritus, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are Poems and Prose from the Old English, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide, and Yvain, all published by Yale University Press. Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University, is the author of many books, including The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, and Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?

Review:

“Two of the bard’s heavy dramas join Yale’s wonderful Annotated Shakespeare series .... [How] can you go wrong?”―Library Journal

(Library Journal)

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 030010815X
• ISBN 13: 9780300108156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Raffel Burton