num_pages: 264
description: For this updated edition of Shakespeare's most celebrated war play, Andrew Gurr has added a new section to his introduction which considers recent critical and stage interpretations. He analyzes the play's double vision of Henry as both military hero and self-seeking individual and demonstrates how the patriotic declarations of the Chorus are contradicted by the play's action. Gurr analyzes the play's more controversial sequences in the context of Elizabethan thought, in particular, the studies of the laws and morality of war written in the years before Henry V. An updated reading list completes the edition. First Edition Hb (1992) 0-521-22154-4 First Edition Pb (1992) 0-521-29369-3
language: English
title: King Henry V
titlecomplete: King Henry V
characters: Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Edward of Langley, 2nd Duke of York, Ancient Pistol, Charles VI of France, Fluellen, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Bardolph, Corporal Nim, Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, Catherine de Valois, Henry V of England, Mistress Nell Quickly
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, School, Drama, Plays, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Theatre
ratings_count: 48735
places: Agincourt, Troyes, Southampton, England
series: Wars of the Roses
publisher: Cambridge University Press