Shakespeare: Richard II - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231115377 ISBN 13: 9780231115377

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This Columbia Critical Guide steers a clear path through the huge body of critical material on Richard II that has accrued over the past three centuries, elucidating the play's reception by audiences, critics, and scholars since its first production. Beginning with a discussion of early commentaries, the book presents and addresses the most significant critical arguments to give the reader a clear understanding of the ways in which each generation has sought to invest Richard II with new meaning. The final section considers the radical new reading of Shakespeare's work provided by contemporary critics.

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From the Back Cover:

At last available in a single volume: comprehensive overviews and concise analyses of the key critical texts and approaches to the most-studied works of literature. By assembling extracts from essays, reviews, and articles, the columbia critical guides provide students with ready access to the most important secondary writings on a single text or pair of texts by a given writer.

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-- Offers a balanced and nuanced approach to criticism, drawing on a wide array of British and American sources -- Explains criticism in terms of key approaches, allowing students the grasp the central issues for each work -- Is edited by a noted scholar who specializes in the writer or work in question -- Includes a complete bibliography, notes, and index.

This guide steers a clear path through the huge body of critical material on richard II that has accrued over the past three centuries, elucidating the play's reception by audiences, critics, and scholars since its first production. With a critical horizon ranging from early commentaries to modern-day critics, the book presents and addresses the most significant critical arguments to depict the ways in which each generation invests richard II with new meaning.

About the Author:

Richard Coyle teaches at the University of Wales, Cardiff.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0231115377
• ISBN 13: 9780231115377
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Coyle Martin