CRITICISM

Carr, Virginia M. “Animal Imagery in 2 Henry VI.” English Studies 53, no. 5 (October 1972): 408-12.

Contends that the frequent allusions to animals in Henry VI, Part 2 reinforce the play's underlying thematic structure.

Cox, John D. “Local References in 3 Henry VI.” Shakespeare Quarterly 51, no. 3 (fall 2000): 340-52.

Examines topical allusions to Warwickshire and the figure of Somerville in Henry VI, Part 3.

———. “Shakespeare and Political Philosophy.” Philosophy and Literature 26, no. 1 (2002): 107-24.

Compares Shakespeare's views of history and political philosophy, as principally illustrated in the Henry VI plays, with those of Machiavelli.

Cox, John D., and Eric Rasmussen, eds. Introduction to The Arden Shakespeare: King Henry VI, Part 3, by William Shakespeare, pp. 1-176. London: Thomson Learning, 2001.

Introduction to Henry VI, Part 3 that examines the play's stage history and briefly summarizes various critical approaches to the drama.

Hattaway, Michael, ed. Introduction to The Third Part of King Henry VI, by William Shakespeare, pp. 1-71. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Extensive introductory commentary on Henry VI, Part 3 that includes discussion of the play's historical and political contexts, dramatic structure, stage history, composition, and sources.

Kay, Carol McGinnis. “Traps, Slaughter, and Chaos: A Study of Shakespeare's Henry VI Plays.” Studies in Literary Imagination 5, no. 1 (April 1972): 1-26.

Surveys the dramatic imagery of the Henry VI plays, including varied motifs of enclosure, slaughter, and degeneration.

Keyishian, Henry. “The Progress of Revenge in the First Henriad.” In Henry VI: Critical Essays, edited by Thomas A. Pendleton, pp. 67-77. New York: Routledge, 2001.

Studies the psychology of personal, political, and domestic vengeance and victimization rendered in Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3.

Kreps, Barbara. “Bad Memories of Margaret? Memorial Reconstruction versus Revision in The First Part of the Contention and 2 Henry VI.” Shakespeare Quarterly 51, no. 2 (summer 2000): 154-80.

Examines the textual links between The First Part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of Yorke and Lancaster (1594) and the 1623 Folio version of The Second Part of Henry the Sixth, with a comparative focus on the figure of Margaret in these two plays.

Martin, Randall. “The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York and 3 Henry VI: Report and Revision.” Review of English Studies 53, no. 209 (2002): 8-30.

Discusses The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York (1595) as a principal source for Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 3.

McNeir, Waldo F. “Comedy in Shakespeare's Yorkist Tetralogy.” Pacific Coast Philology 9 (April 1974): 48-55.

Explores the comedic aspects of the Henry VI plays and Richard III.

Pearlman, E. “The Invention of Richard of Gloucester.” Shakespeare Quarterly 43, no. 4 (winter 1992): 410-29.

Examines the character of Richard of Gloucester presented in Henry VI, Parts 2 and 3.