Author: Robert Barnabas Brough
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Etching, British
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"The plan of this work [is] ... to illustrate the life of Sir John Falstaff exclusively from the most striking passages in his career, as invented by Shakespeare"--Preface
The Life of Sir John Falstaff
Author: Robert Barnabas Brough
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Etching, British
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"The plan of this work [is] ... to illustrate the life of Sir John Falstaff exclusively from the most striking passages in his career, as invented by Shakespeare"--Preface
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Etching, British
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"The plan of this work [is] ... to illustrate the life of Sir John Falstaff exclusively from the most striking passages in his career, as invented by Shakespeare"--Preface
The Real Falstaff
Author: Stephen Cooper
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1844687740
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
This historical study examines the life and military accomplishments of the medieval knight who inspired one of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters. One of the most famous English knights of the Hundred Years War, Sir John Fastolf is widely thought to be a model for Shakespeare’s immortal character, Sir John Falstaff. In The Real Falstaff, historian Stephen Cooper examines the link in full, shedding light on his story as well as the declining English fortunes during the last phase of the Hundred Years War. Witnessing both the triumphs of Henry V, and the disasters of the 1450s, Fastolf was one of the last of the brave but often brutal English soldiers who made their careers waging war in France. Cooper retraces the entire course of Fastolf’s long life, putting special focus on his many campaigns. A vivid picture of the old soldier emerges and of the French wars in which he played such a prominent part. But the author also explores Fastolf’s legacy, his connection to the Paston family—famous for the Paston letters—and the use Shakespeare made of Fastolf’s name, career, and character when he created Sir John Falstaff.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1844687740
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
This historical study examines the life and military accomplishments of the medieval knight who inspired one of Shakespeare’s most beloved characters. One of the most famous English knights of the Hundred Years War, Sir John Fastolf is widely thought to be a model for Shakespeare’s immortal character, Sir John Falstaff. In The Real Falstaff, historian Stephen Cooper examines the link in full, shedding light on his story as well as the declining English fortunes during the last phase of the Hundred Years War. Witnessing both the triumphs of Henry V, and the disasters of the 1450s, Fastolf was one of the last of the brave but often brutal English soldiers who made their careers waging war in France. Cooper retraces the entire course of Fastolf’s long life, putting special focus on his many campaigns. A vivid picture of the old soldier emerges and of the French wars in which he played such a prominent part. But the author also explores Fastolf’s legacy, his connection to the Paston family—famous for the Paston letters—and the use Shakespeare made of Fastolf’s name, career, and character when he created Sir John Falstaff.
SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE OF HEREFORDSHIRE
Author: ANDY. JOHNSON
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910839423
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910839423
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Falstaff
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501164139
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
"Harold Bloom writes about Falstaff with the deepest compassion and sympathy and also with unerring wisdom. He uses the relationship between Falstaff and Hal to explore the devastation of severed bonds and the heartbreak of betrayal. Just as we encounter one type of Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are young adults and another when we are middle-aged, Bloom writes about his own shifting understanding of Falstaff over the course of his lifetime. Ultimately we come away with a deeper appreciation of this profoundly complex character, and the book as a whole becomes an extraordinarily moving argument for literature as a path to and a measure of our humanity"--Publisher's description.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501164139
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
"Harold Bloom writes about Falstaff with the deepest compassion and sympathy and also with unerring wisdom. He uses the relationship between Falstaff and Hal to explore the devastation of severed bonds and the heartbreak of betrayal. Just as we encounter one type of Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are young adults and another when we are middle-aged, Bloom writes about his own shifting understanding of Falstaff over the course of his lifetime. Ultimately we come away with a deeper appreciation of this profoundly complex character, and the book as a whole becomes an extraordinarily moving argument for literature as a path to and a measure of our humanity"--Publisher's description.
An Essay on the Dramatic Character of Sir John Falstaff
Author: Maurice Morgann
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Life of Sir John Falstaff
Author: Robert Barnabas Brough
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Etching, British
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
"The plan of this work [is] ... to illustrate the life of Sir John Falstaff exclusively from the most striking passages in his career, as invented by Shakespeare"--Preface
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Etching, British
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
"The plan of this work [is] ... to illustrate the life of Sir John Falstaff exclusively from the most striking passages in his career, as invented by Shakespeare"--Preface
The Oldcastle Controversy
Author: Peter Corbin
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719026935
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719026935
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Life of King Henry the Fifth
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The history of England from the accession of James the second. (Vol.8 ed. by lady Trevelyan).
Author: Thomas Babington baron Macaulay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description