Richard III

Informationen zum Autor Burton Raffel (1928-2015) was Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities emeritus and professor of English emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are Poems and Prose from the Old English, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide, and Yvain . Harold Bloom (1930-2019) was Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University. His many books include The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, and Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds . Klappentext Treacherous, power-hungry, untempered by moral restraint, and embittered by physical deformity, Richard, the younger brother of King Edward IV, is ablaze with ambition to take England's throne. "Richard III," Shakespeare's long chronicle of Richard's machinations to be king, is a tale of murder upon murder. He gains the throne, but only briefly. In a terrible dream, the ghosts of his victims visit the now-despised monarch to foretell his demise. Richard's death in battle the next day concludes his reign of evil, ushering in at last a new and hopeful era of peace for England. Zusammenfassung Treacherous! power-hungry! untempered by moral restraint! and embittered by physical deformity! Richard! the younger brother of King Edward IV! is ablaze with ambition to take England's throne. This title is a chronicle of Richard's machinations to be king - a tale of murder upon murder.

Product details

• Authors: Uilliam Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Burton Raffel (Editor), Professor Burton Raffel (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2008
• EAN: 9780300122022
• ISBN: 978-0-300-12202-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Annotated Shakespeare; The Annotated Shakespeare; Yale Annotated Shakespeare (YUP)
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, DRAMA / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean