Christopher Marlowe: Henry VI, Part II, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Henry VI, Part II
- The New Oxford Shakespeare
(if available from our supplier)
- Publisher:
- Rory Loughnane
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press, 04/2026
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780198915348
- Item number:
- 12395040
- Volume:
- 192 Pages
- Weight:
- 145 g
- Format:
- 196 x 128 mm
- Thickness:
- 11 mm
- Release date:
- 9.4.2026
- Series:
- Oxford World's Classics
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
'The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.'
Henry VI, Part II opens with a wedding and ends with a civil war, cycling through witchcraft, adultery, multiple murders, pirates, and an entire popular rebellion across its five acts. Its characters are larger-than-life, wielding curses as easily as they do swords or daggers, conjuring demons to seek prophetic knowledge, and transforming a struggle for the English throne into a cosmic blood feud between the houses of York and Lancaster.
The New Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works with introductory materials designed to encourage new interpretations of the plays and poems. Using the text from the landmark The New Oxford Shakespeare Complete Works: Modern Critical Edition , these volumes offer readers the latest thinking on the authentic texts (collated from all surviving original versions of Shakespeare's work) alongside innovative introductions from leading scholars. The texts are accompanied by a comprehensive set of critical apparatus to give readers the best resources to help understand and enjoy Shakespeare's work.
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Biography (Christopher Marlowe)
Christopher Marlowe, 1564 in Canterbury geboren, studierte in Cambridge und war zeitweilig als Agent der Regierung in Frankreich tätig. 1587 kehrte er nach London zurück. Der bedeutendste englische Dramatiker vor Shakespeare wurde 1593 in einem Wirtshaus im Streit erstochen.Biography (William Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) gilt als einer der größten Dichter und Dramatiker der Weltgeschichte. Er verfasste zahlreiche Dramen, Tragödien, Komödien und Gedichte, mit denen er schon zu Lebzeiten Anerkennung und Wohlstand errang. Aber erst in den folgenden Jahrhunderten wurde er zum Prototypen des literarischen Genies, ohne den die Entwicklung der neueren Literatur von Goethe über Brecht bis in die Gegenwart hinein undenkbar ist.
