
Richard II
William Shakespeare(Author)
Signet Classics (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-451-52719-6 (ISBN)
Description
Considered one of Shakespeare's greatest history plays, The Tragedy of King Richard II concerns the ill-fated reign of a king whose eventual overthrow marks the beginning of Shakespeare's history cycle, including Henry IV, Part I, Henry IV Part II; and Henry V.
This edition features an overview of Shakespeare's works by Sylvan Barnet, former Chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, as well as a comprehensive stage and screen history, dramatic criticism from the past and present, and sources from which Shakespeare derived this great work.
This edition features an overview of Shakespeare's works by Sylvan Barnet, former Chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, as well as a comprehensive stage and screen history, dramatic criticism from the past and present, and sources from which Shakespeare derived this great work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Dimensions
Height: 170 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-451-52719-6 (9780451527196)
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Previous edition
William Shakespeare
Richard II
Book
05/1963
Penguin Random House India
€20.46
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Person
William Shakespeare
Content
Richard II - William Shakespeare - Edited by Kenneth Muir Walter Pater: Shakespeare?s English Kings
Richard D. Altick: Symphonic Imagery in ?Richard II?
Derek Traversi: From Shakespeare from ?Richard II? to ?Henry V?
Richard D. Altick: Symphonic Imagery in ?Richard II?
Derek Traversi: From Shakespeare from ?Richard II? to ?Henry V?
NEWLY ADDED ESSAYS:
Samuel Schoenbaum: ?Richard II? and the Realities of Power
Kenneth Muir: ?Richard II? on Stage and Screen
Graham Holderness: The Women