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King Henry VIII

Third Series
By William Shakespeare
Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
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King Henry VIII offers a complex exploration of the turbulent era of the English Reformation. The play presents a nuanced view of shifting national and personal loyalties, portraying history as composed of diverse and often conflicting accounts. It reflects on the profound societal transformations during Henry VIII’s reign through a multi-layered, ironic narrative.
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This edition will appeal to readers interested in Renaissance drama, Shakespeare enthusiasts, and those fascinated by the complexities of historical interpretation and the Reformation period in England.

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"King Henry VIII" has one of the fullest theatrical histories of any play in the Shakespeare canon, yet has been consistently misrepresented, both in performance and in criticism. This edition offers a fresh perspective on this ironic, multi-layered, collaborative play.

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King Henry VIII has one of the fullest theatrical histories of any play in the Shakespeare canon, yet has been consistently misrepresented, both in performance and in criticism. This edition offers a fresh perspective on this ironic, multi-layered, collaborative play, revealing it as a complex meditation on the progress of Reformation which sees English life since Henry VIII's day as a series of bewildering changes in national and personal allegiance and represents "history" as the product of varied and contradictory testimony.

McMullan makes a claim for the rehabilitation of King Henry VIII, providing a full performance history and reading the work not as a marginal "late" Shakespeare play but as a play which is paradigmatic of the achievement of Renaissance drama as a whole.

Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781903436257

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 November 2000

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare

Contributors:

  • Edited by Professor Gordon McMullan

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 578g

Pages: 544

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Arts & Culture Classic Poetry Non-Fiction Series: The Arden Shakespeare Third Series William Shakespeare

About the Author

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. Gordon McMullan is a professor of English at King's College London, UK.

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