Henry V (Oxford School Shakespeare Series)
Our well established and popular series which helps all your students to understand and enjoy Shakespeare's plays, has been improved even further. BLRevised students' notes are clearer, with detailed explanations of difficult words and passages, plot synopses, summaries of individual scenes,and...
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Our well established and popular series which helps all your students to understand and enjoy Shakespeare's plays, has been improved even further. BLRevised students' notes are clearer, with detailed explanations of difficult words and passages, plot synopses, summaries of individual scenes,and notes on the main characters BLFeaturing a host of new phototgraphs of stage productions BLNew,attractive cover design BLComplete and unabridged texts
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780198320333 (0198320337)
Publish date: July 10th 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
Poetry
Henry V is Shakespeare's war play. While he often has wars in plays this plays focus is on war and also on Kingship. Shakespeare has always been interested in Kingship and is primarily interested in the character of Kings and what makes a good and bad King. To the extent that he has any political...
I actually really enjoy Shakespeare. Especially King Lear (of the few I've read so far) I just didn't like Henry V as a character, which severely stunted my ability to enjoy the play. Only the Saint Crispin's Day Speech stopped me from giving this just one star.I'm not altogether certain that I'm un...
I originally read this play because it was set during the Hundred Years War and I wanted to use it as a primary source. Unfortunately it is not a primary source since it was written 150 years after the events depicted and the essay was about the English Parliament's influence on the war, which this ...
I finished this edition today. This edition has the text on the right side, and the explanation on the left side. I saw this at the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, MN. They used most of the text, which some the essays have said is unusual. The stage was bare, except for occasional tables...
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