Henry IV, Part II

Unique features of the Signet Classic Shakespeare bull;An extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theatre by the general editor of the Signet Classic Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. bull;Special introduction to the play by the editor, Norman N. Holland, University of Florida. bull;Sources from which Shakespeare derived Henry IV, Part Two - selections from Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland and Samuel Daniel's The First Four Books of the Civil Wars Between the Two Houses of Lancaster and York. bull;Dramatic criticism from the past and present: commentaries by William Hazlitt, Sigmund Freud, Philip Williams, Harold Jenkins, James L. Calderwood, Coppelia Kahn, and Michael Goldman. bull;A new comprehensive stage history by Sidney Homan of notable actors, directors, and productions of Henry IV, Part two, then and now. bull;Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable type. bull;Up-to-date list of recommended readings.

William Hazlitt: From Characters of Shakespeare?s Plays
Sigmund Freud: From Jokes and Their Relationship to the Unconscious
Philip Williams: From The Birth and Death of Falstaff Reconsidered
Harold Jenkins: The Structural Problem in Shakespeare?s ?Henry the Fourth?
James L. Calderwood: From Metadrama in Shakespeare?s Henriad
Coppelia Kahn: From Man?s Estate: Masculine Identity in Shakespeare
Sidney Homan: ?Henry IV, Part II? on Stage and Screen

NEWLY ADDED ESSAYS:
Michael Goldman: History-Making in the Heriad