King Richard II 2nd Edition (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521532485 ISBN 13: 9780521532488

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Críticas:

'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

'... sensible and balanced judgements add to an already perceptive introductory essay.' The Journal of the English Association

Reseña del editor:

For this updated edition Gurr has added a new section to the Introduction in which he describes the growing interest in re-historicising and repoliticising the play, surveys a number of important professional theatre productions and guides the reader through the scholarly criticism of recent years.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521532485
• ISBN 13: 9780521532488
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 252
• Herausgeber: Gurr Andrew