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Henry V and the performance of war

Fraser, Scott

Authors



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Ros King
Editor

Paul J.C.M. Franssen
Editor

Abstract

The chapter serves to highlight an aspect of the play which is often overlooked in criticism: the importance of the performance of the siege of Harfleur as part of a narrative and image pattern which runs formally throughout the Folio text of Henry V. I look closely at the way the siege is presented as a means of understanding its importance to the formal construction of the text. What that construction says about the performance of warfare should help us understand the divergence in critical and directorial opinion about henry as king, and the play as a whole.

Citation

Fraser, S. (2008). Henry V and the performance of war. In R. King, & P. J. Franssen (Eds.), Shakespeare and war (71-83). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230228276

Publication Date Oct 1, 2008
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Pages 71-83
Book Title Shakespeare and war
ISBN 978-0230-20508-6
DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230228276
Keywords Shakespeare, history, war, performance
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1008371
Publisher URL http://www.palgraveconnect.com/pc/doifinder/10.1057/9780230228276


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