King Richard II. /
Shakespeare, William , 1564-1616.
King Richard II. / William Shakespeare ; edited by Peter Ure. - United Kingdom : T. Nelson & Sons, c1997. - lxxxiv, 210 p, 20 cm.
At head of title : The Arden edition of the woks of William Shakespeare
To Shakespeare's contemporaries, Richard II was a balanced dramatisation of the central political and constitutional issue of the time: how to cope with an unjust ruler. But over the last century or so, the play has come to be regarded as the poetic fall of a tragic hero. The introduction to this edition provides a full context for both the Shakespearean and the modern views of King Richard's fall.
174435762
King Richard II. / William Shakespeare ; edited by Peter Ure. - United Kingdom : T. Nelson & Sons, c1997. - lxxxiv, 210 p, 20 cm.
At head of title : The Arden edition of the woks of William Shakespeare
To Shakespeare's contemporaries, Richard II was a balanced dramatisation of the central political and constitutional issue of the time: how to cope with an unjust ruler. But over the last century or so, the play has come to be regarded as the poetic fall of a tragic hero. The introduction to this edition provides a full context for both the Shakespearean and the modern views of King Richard's fall.
174435762
