Henry IV, Part I

by Shakespeare, William; Bevington, David

• ISBN13: 9780192834218
• ISBN10: 0192834215
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The text, with few departures, is that of the First Quarto (1598) edition of the play. Act and scene divisions are not indicated in the Quarto; those of the First Folio have been incorporated, with one exception: scene ii of Act V has been divided into two scenes, with the concluding scenes numbered accordingly. The Third Edition includes expanded annotations. "Contexts and Sources" includes dueling arguments on the play's completeness (one play or one half of a play?) and the naming of a central character (Falstaff or Oldcastle?). "Criticism" includes twenty-four essays-from E. M. W. Tillyard's classic argument of an ordered Shakespearean universe to Graham Holderness's rebuttal to Gus Van Sant's interview regarding 1 Henry IV as the inspiration for his cult film, My Own Private Idaho-nineteen of them new to the Third Edition. The Selected Bibliography has been thoroughly updated.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Introduction	1	(110)
Reception, Reputation, and Date	1	(9)
Sources: The Chronicles	10	(6)
Daniel's 'Civil Wars'	16	(1)
'Famous Victories' and the Prince's Wild Youth	17	(7)
Falstaff and the Vice	24	(3)
Falstaff as Soldier	27	(4)
Other Falstaff Antecedents	31	(3)
Providential Views of History versus Renaissance Scepticism	34	(3)
The Question of Structural Unity	37	(4)
The Pattern of Oppositions: Hotspur and Falstaff on Honour	41	(4)
From Feudal Chivalry to Pragmatism: Language and Political Change	45	(2)
Fathers and Sons: Role-Playing and Identity	47	(5)
Falstaff's Cowardice and Lying: His Play World	52	(7)
The 'Education' of Prince Hal	59	(5)
The Rejection of Falstaff	64	(2)
The Play in Performance	66	(19)
The Text	85	(26)
Editorial Procedures	111	(12)
Abbreviations and References	116	(7)
THE HISTORY OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH, PART I	123	(164)
APPENDIX Shakespeare's Chronicle Sources	287	(12)
Index	299