Oct 13, 2008

Henry VI, Part 1 | Bibliography and Further Reading

Bevington, David. "The Domineering Female in 1 Henry VI." Shakespeare Studies 2 (1966): 51-58. Bevington shows that the motif of the strong woman in 1 Henry VI intentionally parallels the theme of disagreement and division in the play.

Blanpied, John W. "Art and Baleful Sorcery: The Counterconsciousness of Henry VI, Part I." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 15, no. 2 (Spring 1975): 213- 227. Blanpied argues that the play is intentionally ironic and iconoclastic, a deliberate undermining of tradition. Boas, Frederick S. ''Joan of Arc in Shakespeare, Schiller...