Richard II: Critical Essays
β Scribed by Jeanne T. Newlin
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 305
- Series
- Shakespearean criticism, vol. 5
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Editor's Preface
Introduction
Bibliography
Part I. Richard II: The Historical and Political Dynamics
"Remarks to William Lambarde" (1601)
"Introduction to Richard II" (1939)
Shakespeare's History Plays (1944)
A Kingdom for a Stage (1972)
The King's Two Bodies (1957)
"Bolingbroke, a True Machiavellian" (1948)
Part II. Richard II: The Theatre
"F.R. Benson's Richard II" (1899)
"At Stratford-on-Avon" (1901)
Shakespeare's Histories at Stratford, 1951 (1952)
"Letter to John Gielgud" (1937)
Stage Directions (1963)
Shakespeare's Plays in Performance (1966)
"John Barton's Richard II" (1976)
Part III. Richard II: The Psychology of its Characters
"Lectures on Shakespeare and Milton" (1812)
Shakespeare's English Kings (1889)
The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (1891)
"Bolingbroke's 'Decision'" (1951)
Part IV. Richard II: Poetry and Rhetoric
"Letter to Mr. Chauvet concerning the unities of time and place in Tragedy" (1820)
"King Richard II" (1909)
"Symphonic Imagery in Richard II" (1947)
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