Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 (Vol. 57) | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Abrams, Richard. “Rumor's Reign in 2 Henry IV: The Scope of a Personification.” English Literary Renaissance 16, No. 3 (Autumn 1986): 467-95.

Expounds on the role of rumor and hearsay in the two Henry IV plays.

Barish, Jonas A. “The Turning Away of Prince Hal.” Shakespeare Studies 1 (1965): pp. 9-17.

Analyzes the rejection of Falstaff.

Bennett, Robert B. “The Golden Age in the Cycles of History: Analogous Visions of Shakespeare and Chekhov.” Comparative Literature Studies 28, No. 2 (Spring 1991): 156-77.

Compares the supper scene in Justice Shallow's orchard in Henry IV, Part II and Chekhov's Cherry Orchard, characterizing both scenes as similar in their innovative use of the tradition of the Golden Age.

Burelbach, Frederick M. “Name-Calling as Power Play in Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV.Literary...

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