Henry V

The wild and undisciplined young man known as Prince Hal in the two-part Henry IV plays matures into a courageous and deft leader. Based on the life of its title monarch, Henry V chronicles the events surrounding the battle of Agincourt in 1415, part of the Hundred Years' War. This invaluable new study guide contains a selection of the finest criticism of the play through the centuries, including commentary from such important writers as Ben Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Butler Yeats, and George Bernard Shaw. Introduced by Harold Bloom, this volume also includes an accessible plot summary, an analysis of several key passages, a comprehensive list of characters, a biography of Shakespeare, essays discussing the main currents in criticism in each century since Shakespeare's time, and more.

The wild and undisciplined young man known as Prince Hal in the two-part Henry IV plays matures into a courageous and deft leader. Based on the life of its title monarch, Henry V chronicles the events surrounding the battle of Agincourt in 1415, part of the Hundred Years' War. This invaluable new study guide contains a selection of the finest criticism of the play through the centuries, including commentary from such important writers as Ben Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Butler Yeats, and George Bernard Shaw. Introduced by Harold Bloom, this volume also includes an accessible plot summary, an analysis of several key passages, a comprehensive list of characters, a biography of Shakespeare, essays discussing the main currents in criticism in each century since Shakespeare's time, and more.

One of our most popular, respected, and controversial literary critics, Yale University professor Harold Bloom s books about, variously, Shakespeare, the Bible, and the classic literature are as erudite as they are accessible.