Henry IV Part I
the new oxford shakespeare
$16.74
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
16 July 2025
Summary
‘What is honour? A word. What is in that word ‘honour’? What is that ‘honour’? Air.’
A history play that combines a coming-of-age narrative with a tale of power, rebellion, friendship, and betrayal, Henry IV, Part I has been a perennial favourite from Shakespeare’s time to the present. What has ensured its popularity is above all the towering figure of Falstaff, Shakespeare’s greatest comic creation. The ebullient, unabashedly pleasure-seeking and brilliantly witty character has prove…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192865823 |
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| ISBN-10: | 019286582X |
| Author: | William Shakespeare, Indira Ghose, Anna Pruitt, Emma Smith |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 16 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 148g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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About The Author
William Shakespeare
Indira Ghose is Professor Emeritus of English Literature, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Her most recent publications include Shakespeare and Laughter: A Cultural History (2008), Much Ado About Nothing: Language and Writing (2017), and Shakespeare in Jest (2021).
Anna Pruitt is the Managing Editor of Giving USA at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University. She is an Associate Editor of New Oxford Shakespeare.
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