Henry VIII

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Simon and Schuster, 23 d’ag. 2011 - 352 pàgines
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In Henry VIII, Shakespeare presents a monarchy in crisis. Noblemen battle with Lord Chancellor Cardinal Wolsey, who taxes the people to the point of rebellion. Witnesses whom Wolsey brings against the Duke of Buckingham claim he is conspiring to take the throne, yet Buckingham seems innocent as he goes to his death.

Henry is also without a male heir. After meeting the beautiful Anne Bullen, he says that he suspects his current marriage to Katherine, with whom he has one surviving daughter, is invalid. Katherine, meanwhile, glows with such splendid integrity that actresses have long desired the role. She advocates for the people, suspects the witnesses against Buckingham, and eloquently defends her conduct as Henry’s wife.

The authoritative edition of Henry VIII from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:

-The exact text of the printed book for easy cross-reference
-Hundreds of hypertext links for instant navigation
-Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
-Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
-Scene-by-scene plot summaries
-A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases
-An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language
-An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
-Fresh images from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s vast holdings of rare books
-An annotated guide to further reading

Essay by Barbara A. Mowat

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is home to the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare’s printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit Folger.edu.

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Editors Preface
ix
Shakespeares Henry VIII
xiii
Henry VIII
xv
Shakespeares Life
xxvi
Shakespeares Theater
xxxv
The Publication of Shakespeares Plays
xliv
An Introduction to This Text
xlviii
Text of the Play with Commentary
1
ACT 3 Scene 1
113
ACT 3 Scene 2
125
ACT 4 Scene 1
163
ACT 4 Scene 2
175
ACT 5 Scene 1
191
ACT 5 Scene 2
205
ACT 5 Scene 3
223
ACT 5 Scene 4
229

ACT 1 Scene 1
9
ACT 1 Scene 2
25
ACT 1 Scene 3
41
ACT 1 Scene 4
47
ACT 2 Scene 1
61
ACT 2 Scene 2
73
ACT 2 Scene 3
85
ACT 2 Scene 4
93
Longer Notes
239
Textual Notes
245
Appendix on Authorship
251
A Modern Perspective
253
Further Reading
271
Key to Famous Lines and Phrases
295
Copyright

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Sobre l'autor (2011)

William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.

Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Research emerita at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Consulting Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare’s Romances and of essays on Shakespeare’s plays and their editing.

Paul Werstine is Professor of English at the Graduate School and at King’s University College at Western University. He is a general editor of the New Variorum Shakespeare and author of Early Modern Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare and of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare’s plays.

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TítolHenry VIII
Folger Shakespeare Library
AutorWilliam Shakespeare
EditorsDr. Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine
EditorSimon and Schuster, 2011
ISBN1439117179, 9781439117170
Nre. de pàgines352 pàgines
  
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