false 2075522 109 David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry IV Part 1 and shows how these complicate any easy sense of what kind of play it is. Conventionally regarded as a history play, much of it is in fact conspicuously invented fiction, and Kastan argues that the non-historical, comic plot does not simply parody the historical action but by its existence raises questions about the very nature of history. The full and engaging introduction devotes extensive discussion to the play's language, indicating how its insistent economic vocabulary provides texture for the social concerns of the play and focuses attention on the central relationship between value and political authority. 3335240 book 1597 King Henry IV, Part 1 total:3237|5:846|4:1142|3:883|2:309|1:57| 3237 12122 3999 89 5 0 false false Wed Jun 10 19:21:28 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 20:15:34 -0700 2009
The play opens on Henry IV, who in his youth de-throned Richard II. Henry IV is now aging and f...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Oct 29 02:37:17 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 02:44:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 13 09:47:13 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 09:47:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Jul 15 09:04:44 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 11:57:04 -0700 2009
Well, following my reading of Julius Ceaser in high school, I didn't attempt a Shakesp...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat May 23 14:32:54 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 14:36:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 12 20:39:28 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 21:23:41 -0700 2009 Richard IV Part One from Richard II which I am more or less doing. I have been reading the histories not really in order but one close on the next and digging into the tribulations of Bo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 17:39:01 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 17:43:33 -0700 2009
"But thoughts, the slaves of life, and life, time...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 22 08:25:58 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 08:31:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 11:56:08 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 21:32:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Jan 23 21:02:39 -0800 2008 Sat Sep 13 19:47:50 -0700 2008 William Shakespeare’s history plays is really daunting, but I have to say that once I got into them, the two plays I read, including Henry IV: Part I, were some of the most enjoyable Shakespeare I’ve read.

I enjoyed Henry IV: Part I mostly because Prince Hal, Henry V, was su...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Sep 25 05:24:19 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 08:52:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Aug 26 10:47:39 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 23:02:08 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 10:47:39 -0700 2009
"I had rather live//With cheese and garlic in a windmill far//Than feed on cates and have him talk to me//In any summer house in Christendom." Hotspur, 63.

"Do thou amend thy face, and ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 15:37:28 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 15:49:10 -0700 2009
But not all is as appears as young Henry has...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 19:21:17 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 19:26:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 17 22:27:44 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 22:31:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Thu Jan 01 12:43:03 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 12:48:58 -0800 2009 "Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world"
To which Hal replies "I can, I will"
Still breaks my heart whe...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Dec 10 18:47:39 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 15:52:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 20:09:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 21:13:19 -0700 2009 Fits a dull fighter and a keen guest."

I gotta say, I read this one and thought, "What did I just read?" I found it really tough to follow. I dug into the history of Henry IV and found I understood a bit...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 11:38:10 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 11:40:30 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jun 15 18:17:56 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 18:30:38 -0700 2008 more...]]>