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King Henry IV Part 2: Third Series (The Arden Shakespeare Third Series)

King Henry IV Part 2: Third Series (The Arden Shakespeare Third Series)

by William Shakespeare (Author), William Shakespeare (Author), James C. Bulman (Editor)

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    Paperback 2016

    $16.78
Synopsis

More troubled and troubling than King Henry IV Part 1, the play continues the story of King Henry's decline and Hal's reform. Though Part 2 echoes the structure of the earlier play, it is a darker and more unsettling world, in which even Falstaff's revelry is more tired and cynical, and the once-merry Hal sloughs off his tavern companions to become King Henry V. James C. Bulman's authoritative edition provides a wealth of incisive commentary on this complex history play.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 576
 Edition: 3rd ed.
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
Published: 28 Jul 2016
ISBN 10: 1904271375
ISBN 13: 9781904271376
Book Overview: The latest Arden edition of King Henry IV Part 2, with a full, illustrated introduction to the play's historical, cultural and performance contexts, a clear and authoritative text and detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text.

Media Reviews
Probably the best available edition with a far more up-to-date performance history than any competitor. * Paul Hartle, University of Cambridge, UK *
James C. Bulman's edition of Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part 2 includes an extremely informative introduction which breathes new life into this often-neglected play. Bulman expertly navigates the difficult textual terrain-neither the Quarto (which appeared in two issues) nor the Folio provides a fully authoritative copy text-explaining the rationale for his decisions in a detailed but accessible appendix. * Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *
[King Henry IV Part 2] provides an exceptionally competent, stimulating, and thorough exploration of all major and many minor disputed problems of this sequel ... In his attention to the text of the play and its background, Bulman offers exceptional quality in addition to the immediately evident quantity. * Berliner Beitrage zur Editionswissenschaft *
Author Bio
James C. Bulman is Henry B. and Patricia Bush Tippie Professor of English at Allegheny College, USA and was President of the Shakespeare Association of America (1998-99).