Henry IV, Part 1
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Suggestions for Further Reading
Becker, George J. Shakespeare’s Histories. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1977.
Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. New York: Riverhead Books, 1998.
Boris, Edna Z. Shakespeare’s English Kings: The People and the Law. Rutherford, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1978.
Council, Norman. When Honour’s at the Stake: Ideas of Honour in Shakespeare’s History Plays. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1973.
Desai, R. W. Falstaff: A Study of His Role in Shakespeare’s History Plays. India: Doaba House, 1976.
Shalvi, Alice. The Relationship of Renaissance Concepts of Honour to Shakespeare’s Problem Plays. Salzburg, Austria: University of Salzburg, 1972.
Watson, Robert N. Shakespeare and the Hazards of Ambition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984.
Falstaff--not the King or Prince--Rules This One!
by ReadingShakespearefor450th, March 11, 2013
I think it should have been called Sir Jack, First Part, as Falstaff towers over everybody else in King Henry IV, Part 1. See my blog on the play:
