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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 822
EAN num: 9780743484916
ISBN number: 0743484916
Label: Washington Square Press
Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: June 28, 2005
Publishing house: Washington Square Press
Sale Popularity Level: 292244
Studio: Washington Square Press
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Each edition includes:
• Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
• Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
• Scene-by-scene plot summaries
• A key to famous lines and phrases
• An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
• An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
• Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Essay by Phyllis Rackin
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
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King Richard is forced to make an ugly decision about an argument between two of his noble subjects. He tries to come up with a balanced solution for the best interests of the realm, and lives to regret it. Bolingbroke is exiled, rather than killed, but returns to usurp the throne.
Complex and dour but with a passion for England, this was a very enjoyable one. Richard wasn't especially likeable, but despite his unpleasantness, he inspired a degree of sympathy. Bolingbroke was the noble, conqueror returning from exile imposed by the mean old king, but wasn't someone a body could feel sympathy for. The story was taken from English history, with some artistic liberties. Throughout, there was a love for England regardless of and frequently despite the rulers. As much about the people in the play, it is about how Britons feel about their land.
I enjoyed it even though I generally prefer his comedies.
E. M. Van Court
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Shakespeare can be tough--tough, but well worthwhile---and this book does a good job of presenting Shakespeare in a manner and form that is not overpowering to the reader....
Provides just enough insight and history to aid the reader in understanding, but doesn't overpower the reader with unnecessary "book learning." The real impact of Shakespeare, however, is in the play itself...this book adds to the play and doesn't detract from it by an overpowering explanation or presentation.
Good effort. Barbara Mowat's work is always good.
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I ordered a number of copies of this book -- the New Folger Library edition of Richard II -- for use by members of a Shakespeare reaeding group in Tbilisi, Georgia (that's the country, not the state), most of whose members are not native speakers of English. For this purpose the Foger edition, with notes on the page facing each page of text, was very useful -- more useful, I think, than the Arden edition, whose critical apparatus is very copious but often gets in the way. And in a few cases I found the Folger's notes more accurate and informative. Harry Berger's concluding essay, however, is not so good. It argues a thesis that I find somewhat implausible and one-sided in its reading of the play, so especially for the new student it is not very useful. But coming at the end of the text it is easy to ignore.
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