by William Shakespeare · Thomson Learning · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780415008822
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«King Richard II» is the play by William Shakespeare, published by Thomson Learning in paperback (296 pages, in English).
The historical drama focuses on the reign of Richard II and his deposition at the hands of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke. The play raises how to confront an unjust monarch and shows the poetic fall of a tragic king, combining the political and constitutional conflict of the era with the portrait of the fragility of royal power.
Arden Shakespeare edition, the series in which it is included, revised by Peter Ure. It is part of the Goodreads Wars of the Roses series, position 1.
Recommended for students and readers of English literature who want an annotated academic edition, with critical introduction and appendices on the play's sources.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, 3 long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
