King Richard II

Informationen zum Autor William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.[2] He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Klappentext This second edition of King Richard II features a new introductory section by Andrew Gurr. Zusammenfassung For this second edition of King Richard II Andrew Gurr has added a new section to the Introduction! in which he discusses a number of important theatrical productions as well as the scholarly criticism of recent years. The introduction addresses both contemporaneous and modern views of King Richard's fall.

List of contents

Introduction, with new section on recent stage and critical interpretations; Note on the text; List of characters; The play; Textual analysis; Appendixes: Shakespeare's use of Holinshed; 'An Homilie Against Disobedience'; Extracts from England's Parnassus; Reading list.

Report

'Gurr's account is hard-headed and scholarly, very deftly interweaving comment on the play's action with discussion of contemporary political events ... thorough, scholarly and continuously helpful.' The Times Higher Education Supplement

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Carr, William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: A. R. Braunmuller (Editor), Andrew Gurr (Editor), Andrew (University of Reading) Gurr (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.1992
• EAN: 9780521532488
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53248-8
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 17 mm
• Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare: The; The New Cambridge Shakespeare (NCS); The New Cambridge Shakespeare; The New Cambridge Shakespeare (NCS)
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Englisch; Lektüre