description: This edition of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 uses a variety of approaches to Shakespeare, including historical and cultural studies approaches. Shakespeare's text is accompanied by an intriguing collection of thematically arranged historical and cultural documents and illustrations designed to give a firsthand knowledge of the contexts out of which Henry IV, Part 1 emerged. Hodgdon's intelligent and engaging introductions to the play and to the documents (most of which are presented in modern spelling and with annotations) offer a richly textured understanding of Elizabethan culture and Shakespeare's work within that culture.
language: English
title: Henry VI
titlecomplete: Henry VI
characters: Sir William Lucy, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Jean de Dunois, Jeanne d'Arc, Master Gunner of Orléans, Sir John Fastolf, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Basset of the Lancastrian (Red Rose) faction, Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, Charles VII of France, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, Henry Beaufort, Cardinal of Winchester, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, General of the French Garrison at Bordeaux, Sir Thomas Gargrave, Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Vernon of the Yorkist (White Rose) Faction, Henry VI of England, René of Anjou, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Margaret of Anjou, Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, A Papal Legate, Sir William Glasdale, A Lawyer of the Temple, Master Gunner's son, Eleanor Cobham, Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, Countess of Auvergne, Jacques Darc, Nicholas Watton, Lord Mayor of London
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, Historical, Poetry, British Literature, Drama, Literature, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 8603
places: England
series: Wars of the Roses, Shakespeare's Minor Tetralogy, Henry VI
publisher: Bt Bound