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King Richard II

Shakespeare, William
Books, Manuscripts
Main title:
King Richard II / William Shakespeare; edited by Charles R. Forker
Imprint:
London, UK : Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2002
Contents:
Introduction: Politics: Historical context & the issue of topicality, The connection with Essex, Ideology:competing conceptions of monarchy, Characterization: attitudes towards Richard & Bolingbroke, Politics in seventeenth-& eighteenth-century stagingsLanguage: Style, Imagery, major themes, symbolism, patterns of allusion, RhetoricAfterlife; The date: The relation to Edward II & Woodstock, Richard II & the second tetralogyProbable venues of early performanceSources: Holinshed, Hall, The mirror for magistrates, Daniel, Woodstock, Froissart, Creton, Traison, Edward II, Minor sources; TextThe tragedy of King Richard the SecondLonger notes, appendices, textual analysis, doubling chart, genealogical tables, abbreviations & references: Abbreviations used in notes, works by & partly by Shakespeare, Editions of Shakespeare collated or referred to, other works, modern stage & television productions cited
ISBN:
9781903436332
Dewey class:
822.33
Language:
English
BRN:
48277
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