Henry V

副标题: Henry V

ISBN: 9781840224214

作者: [英]William Shakespeare

出版社: Wordsworth Editions Ltd

出版年: 2000-12-30

页数: 153

定价: USD 3.99

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, Professor of English Literature, University of SussexHenry V is the most famous and influential of Shakespeare's historical plays. Its powerful patriotic rhetoric has resounded down the ages, gaining eloquent expression in Laurence Olivier's renowned film. Henry himself, astute and charismatic, who led his 'band of brothers' to victory in the Battle of Agincourt, could indeed seem to be 'this star of England'. In recent decades the play has attracted increasing critical attention and is now highly controversial. Kenneth Branagh's film-production reflected the changing valuation. Does this play have a sceptical sub-text which subverts its patriotism? Is Henry's achievement beset by irony? Has current scepticism distorted a predominantly and proudly nationalistic drama?