Shakespearean Criticism | Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3 (Vol. 39) - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Arthos, John. "The Henry VI Plays." In Shakespeare: The Early Writings, pp. 174-230. London: Bowes and Bowes, 1972.

Focuses on characterization in the trilogy. Arthos rejects a providential view of the play, arguing that the characters themselves are shown to be responsible for the outcome of the dramatic action.

Berman, Ronald S. "Fathers and Sons in the Henry VI Plays." Shakespeare Quarterly XII, No. 4 (Autumn 1962): 487-97.

Traces the development of the themes of kinship, loyalty, and honor in these plays. Moral and spiritual degradation in the kingdom, Berman contends, has its roots in the moral and spiritual corruption of the sacred relationship between fathers and sons.

Billings, Wayne L. "Ironic Lapses: Plotting in Henry VI " Studies in the Literary Imagination 5, No. 1 (April 1972): 27-49.

Maintains that the trilogy dramatizes the deterioration of the heroic code and...

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