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King Richard II: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition

Hardback

Main Details

Title King Richard II: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition
Authors and Contributors      Introduction and notes by Nicholas F. Radel
Edited by Charles R. Forker
Series edited by Professor Brian Vickers
Series edited by Joseph Candido
SeriesShakespeare: The Critical Tradition
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:648
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9781350084759
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Edition 2nd edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint The Arden Shakespeare
Publication Date 10 February 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This revised edition of King Richard II: Critical Tradition increases our the play was received and understood by critics, editors and general readers. Updated with a new introduction providing a survey of critical responses to Richard II since the 1990s to the present day, this volume offers, in separate sections, both critical opinions about the play across the centuries and an evaluation of their positions within and their impact on the reception of the play. The updated introduction offers an overview of recent criticism on the play in relation to feminist theory, queer theory, performance theory and ecocriticism. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. Featuring criticism by A.C. Swinburne, Walter Pater, Oscar Wilde and W.B. Yeats, this volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.

Author Biography

Charles R. Forker (1927-2014) was Professor Emeritus of English at Indiana University, USA. Nicholas F. Radel is Professor of English at Furman University, Greenville, USA. His publications include Understanding Edmund White (2013) and The Puritan Origins of American Sex: Religion, Sexuality, and National Identity in American Literature, co-edited with Tracy Fessenden and Magdalena Zaborowska (2001).