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Henry IV, Part I - Couverture souple

Shakespeare, William

 
9780486295848: Henry IV, Part I
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0486295842 ISBN 13 : 9780486295848
Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2000

Synopsis

One of the most popular of all Shakespeare's history plays, Henry IV, Part I re-creates actual events from early-15th-century English history as King Henry deals a rebellion inside with his kingdom led by Harry Percy ("Hotspur") and other notables. Besides this mutinous action, the king must also contend with the dissolute ways of his son, Prince Hal, who spends much of his time in the company of the witty, rotund, tavern-haunting Sir John Falstaff, one of Shakespeare's immortal comic characters. During the rebellion against his father, however, Hal acquits himself honorably in battle, portending the eventual transformation in later plays of the wild prince into a great warrior-king.
These various themes are woven together here in a superb blend of brilliantly staged scenes depicting the king's attempts to pacify the rebels and maintain his power, the plotting of Percy and other insurgents, grim action on the battlefield, and the low comedy of Falstaff and his comrades -- all brought to life in some of Shakespeare's finest blank verse and raciest prose.

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À propos de l'auteur

"He was not of an age, but for all time," declared Ben Jonson of his contemporary William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Jonson's praise is especially prescient, since at the turn of the 17th century Shakespeare was but one of many popular London playwrights and none of his dramas were printed in his lifetime. The reason so many of his works survive is because two of his actor friends, with the assistance of Jonson, assembled and published the First Folio edition of 1623.

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Éditeur
Dover Publications Inc.
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0486295842
ISBN 13 
9780486295848
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
96
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780451527110: Henry IV, Part I

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0451527119 ISBN 13 :  9780451527110
Editeur : Signet, 1998
Couverture souple