Jan 3, 2010

Henry IV, Part II | Bibliography and Further Reading

Bacon, Wallace A. "Margery Bailey Memorial Lectures I: The Diseased State in Henry IV, Part Two." Speech Monographs 40 (June 1973): 75-87. Bacon defends Hal's rejection of Falstaff and argues that Henry IV, Part Two is meant to reassure us that the prince is capable of being a good leader. In connection with these issues, Bacon also discusses the disease imagery that occurs in the play, noting that most of it centers around Falstaff.

Barish, Jonas A. "The Turning Away of Prince Hal." Shakespeare Studies (U.S.) 1 (1965): 18-28. Barish supports the...