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Histories, vol. 1

Volume 1; Introduction by Tony Tanner

Part of Everyman's Library Classics Series

Author William Shakespeare
Introduction by Tony Tanner
Hardcover
$28.00 US
Knopf | Everyman's Library
5.31"W x 8.34"H x 1.55"D  
On sale Oct 04, 1994 | 752 Pages | 9780679433125
Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
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Shakespeare’s histories—containing within their crowded tableaux all of the tragedies, confusions, and beauties of human life—are not only drama of the highest order. They also serve as windows through which generations have made themselves familiar with crucial episodes in English history. For an Elizabethan England that had already emerged onto the stage of world power and was hungry to understand the sources and nature of its identity, Shakespeare provided a grandeur born of the transforming power of his art.

 

This volume contains Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3; Richard III; and King John. The texts, authoritatively edited by Sylvan Barnet, are supplemented with textual notes, bibliographies, a detailed chronology of Shakespeare’s life and times, and a substantial introduction in which Tony Tanner discusses each play individually and in the context of Shakespeare’s work.

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William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was a poet, playwright, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in the history of the English language. Often referred to as the Bard of Avon, Shakespeare's vast body of work includes comedic, tragic, and historical plays; poems; and 154 sonnets. His dramatic works have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. View titles by William Shakespeare
“It is in Shakespeare that we see history finally emerge from ritual into drama . . . Shakespeare is manifestly interested in the past as past—as different from the present . . . By exploring how we lived then, we may . . . better understand the way we live now. And—who knows?—perhaps improve it.”
—from the Introduction by Tony Tanner

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Shakespeare’s histories—containing within their crowded tableaux all of the tragedies, confusions, and beauties of human life—are not only drama of the highest order. They also serve as windows through which generations have made themselves familiar with crucial episodes in English history. For an Elizabethan England that had already emerged onto the stage of world power and was hungry to understand the sources and nature of its identity, Shakespeare provided a grandeur born of the transforming power of his art.

 

This volume contains Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3; Richard III; and King John. The texts, authoritatively edited by Sylvan Barnet, are supplemented with textual notes, bibliographies, a detailed chronology of Shakespeare’s life and times, and a substantial introduction in which Tony Tanner discusses each play individually and in the context of Shakespeare’s work.

(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)

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William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was a poet, playwright, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in the history of the English language. Often referred to as the Bard of Avon, Shakespeare's vast body of work includes comedic, tragic, and historical plays; poems; and 154 sonnets. His dramatic works have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. View titles by William Shakespeare

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“It is in Shakespeare that we see history finally emerge from ritual into drama . . . Shakespeare is manifestly interested in the past as past—as different from the present . . . By exploring how we lived then, we may . . . better understand the way we live now. And—who knows?—perhaps improve it.”
—from the Introduction by Tony Tanner

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