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Henry Iv, Part 1

The Pelican Shakespeare

Author: William Shakespeare and Claire McEachern   Series: Pelican Shakespeare (Paperback)

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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel.

The repackaging of the acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series continues with more dazzling new covers to excite Shakespearians of all ages

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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel.

The repackaging of the acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series continues with more dazzling new covers to excite Shakespearians of all ages

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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel.The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen OrgelThe legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come.This edition of Henry IV, Part 1 is edited with an introduction by Claire McEachern.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Critic Reviews

“"Gorgeous new Shakespeare paperbacks." --Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings "I have been using the Pelican Shakespeare for years in my lecture course--it's invaluable, the best individual-volume series available for students." --Marjorie Garber, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University”

“Gorgeous new Shakespeare paperbacks.” 
—Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings

“I have been using the Pelican Shakespeare for years in my lecture course--it's invaluable, the best individual-volume series available for students.”
Marjorie Garber, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University 

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About the Author

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.Stephen Orgelis the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of the Humanities at Stanford University and general editor of the Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. He has edited Ben Johnson's masques, Christopher Marlowe's poems and translations, and many other classics. His books includeImagining Shakespeare,The Authentic Shakespeare, Impersonations- The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare's EnglandandThe Illusion of Power.A. R. Braunmuller is a professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has written critical volumes on George Peele and George Chapman and has edited plays in both the Oxford (King John) and Cambridge (Macbeth) series of Shakespeare editions. He is also general editor of The New Cambridge Shakespeare.Manuja Waldia is an illustrator and visual designer, living in Indianapolis. She graduated from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in 2014.Claire McEachern is a professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her books include The Poetics of English Nationhood, 1590-1612, Religion and Culture in the English Renaissance, and The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy, as well as several editions of Shakespeare's plays.

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc | Plume
Published
4th April 2017
Pages
160
ISBN
9780143130208

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