Richard II : New Critical Essays

ISBN-13: 9780415569965 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 340 str.

Opis

Richard II is a compelling political drama whose themes still resonate today. Politically engaged and controversial, it raises crucial debates about the relationship between early modern art, audience response and state power. This collection provides a comprehensive survey of the critical and theatrical history of the play.

Spis treści

Introduction, Jeremy Lopez  1. Dead Men Talking: Elegiac Utterance, Monarchical Republicanism and Richard II, James Siemon  2. The History Play, Richard II, and Repertorial Commerce, Roslyn L. Knutson  3. Bodies that Matter in Richard II, Melissa Sanchez  4. cf. Marlowe, Paul Menzer  5. Staging Richard II for a New Millennium, Margaret Shewring  6. Gendered Neurosis on Stage and Screen: Fiona Shaw’s Richard II, Bridget Escolme  7. The Dramaturgy of Discomfort in Richard II, Brian Walsh  8. Insurgent Time: Richard II and the Periodization of Sovereignty, Mark Netzloff  9. "But, what euer you do, Buy": Richard II as Popular Commodity, Holger Schott Syme  10. Shakespeare’s Richard II and Elizabethan Politics, Rebecca Lemon  11. Going back to that well: Richard II’s "deposition scene," Genevieve Love

O autorze

Jeremy Lopez is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is author of Shakespeare Handbooks: Richard II (2009), Theatrical Convention and Audience Response in Early Modern Drama (2004) and numerous articles on the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.