William Shakespeare: 'Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2' Audiobook By C. W. R. D. Moseley cover art

William Shakespeare: 'Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2'

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William Shakespeare: 'Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2'

By: C. W. R. D. Moseley
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 Students with little or no prior experience of studying Shakespeare in depth will find very useful the summaries of the conclusions of recent research into theatrical conditions, conventions and concepts in the time of Shakespeare. After an overview of Shakespeare’s life and career, the book summarises Elizabethan attitudes to History and Politics, concepts of the cosmos, theological issues such as Free Will and the Fall of Man, and the tensions that ultimately destroyed consensus on these matters. Discussion of expectations of different types of plays then precedes detailed analysis of Henry IV’s structure, genres and literary strategies, and of the major themes it explores. The play is firmly placed in the sequence of history plays from Richard II to Henry V. A chapter examines fully the issues surrounding the Education of a Prince for rule, concluding with full exploration of the part played by Falstaff. The final chapters examine the conceptual and ideological implications of the play’s languages and styles, and the career of the play, which, especially in Part 1, has been greatly successful in later ages when its original topicality is quite forgotten. There is an Appendix listing some extant History Plays, and copious explanatory appendices. Charles Moseley teaches English and Classics in the University of Cambridge, and was formerly Programme Director of the University’s International summer Schools in Shakespeare and English Literature. He has written extensively on Shakespeare and mediaeval literature, and in this series has written on Henry IV, The Tempest and Richard III. A companion volume entitled English Renaissance Drama: An Introduction to Theatre and Theatres in Shakespeare's Time is too complex and too richly illustrated for Kindle format but is available in Pdf from Humanities-Ebooks.co.uk and in paperback from Troubador.co.uk who also publish the same author's Shakespeare's History Plays: Richard II to Henry V, The Making of a King.
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