
Henry VI, Part I
the new oxford shakespeare
$23.52
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2026
Summary
Henry VI, Part I: Shadows of Ambition and War
‘No, no, I am but shadow of myself…’
Henry VI, Part I paints a vivid picture of political ambition, civil unrest, and war. One of Shakespeare’s most collaborative plays, it was a theatrical hit when it was first performed in 1592. Scenes alternate between conflict at home and on foreign soil: between the growing civil dissention that would lead to the Wars of the Roses and the battles of the Hundred Years’ War over England’s clai…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9780192873569 |
---|---|
ISBN-10: | 0192873563 |
Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
Author: | William Shakespeare, Anonymous, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nashe, Amy Lidster, Sarah Neville, Emma Smith |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Number of Pages: | 240 |
Release Date: | 1 July 2026 |
Weight: | 0g |
Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm |
About The Author
William Shakespeare
Amy Lidster is a Lecturer and Career Development Fellow at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She has published widely on Shakespeare and early modern drama, and her books include Publishing the History Play in the Time of Shakespeare (2022), Wartime Shakespeare: Performing Narratives of Conflict (2023), and Authorships and Authority in Early Modern Dramatic Paratexts.
Sarah Neville is an Associate Professor of English at the Ohio State University with a courtesy appointment in Theatre, Film, and Media Arts. She specializes in early modern English literature, bibliography, theories of textuality, and performance, chiefly examining the ways that authority is negotiated in print, digital, and live media. She is an assistant editor of The New Oxford Shakespeare (2016-17), for which she edited five plays in both old and modern-spelling editions, as well as an associate coordinating editor of the Digital Renaissance Editions.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.