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Book SynopsisThis 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 unde
Table of ContentsGENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION TO REVISED EDITION INTRODUCTION 1 EDWARD CAPELL, various notes on
Richard II, 1780 2 EDMOND MALONE and others, supplementary remarks on
Richard II, 1780 3 THOMAS DAVIES, on the deposition scene in
Richard II, 1784 4 EDMOND MALONE, edition of Shakespeare, 1790 5 JOSEPH RITSON, Shakespeare's part-authorship
of Richard II and other notes, 1793 6 GEORGE STEEVENS, notes on
Richard II, 1793 7 GEORGE CHALMERS, on the date and political significance
of Richard II, 1799 8 CHARLES DIBDIN,
Richard II inferior to
Richard III, 1800 9 FRANCIS DOUCE,
Richard II and the
memento mori tradition, 1807 10 CHARLES LAMB, Marlowe's
Edward II compared to
Richard II, 1808 11 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, on
Richard II and the history play, 1813 12 WILLIAM HAZLITT, a critique of Edmund Kean as Richard II, 1815 13 RICHARD WROUGHTON, advertisement of an adaptation
of Richard II, 1815 14 A.W. VON SCHLEGEL,
Richard II and the unity of Shakespeare's history plays, 1815 15 NATHAN DRAKE, a sympathetic view
of Richard II, 1817 16 WILLIAM HAZLITT, characterization in
Richard II, 1817 17 JOHN HAMILTON REYNOLDS, the poetry
of Richard II and the other histories, 1817 18 AUGUSTINE SKOTTOWE,
Richard II and the truth of history, 1824 19 GEORGE DANIEL, prefatory remarks on
Richard II, 1831 20 HENRY NELSON COLERIDGE, another version of Coleridge on
Richard II, 1836 21 HENRY HALLAM, on the scene of Aumerle's pardon in
Richard II, 1837-9 22 THOMAS CAMPBELL, general comments on
Richard II, 1838 23 THOMAS PEREGRINE COURTENAY,
Richard II and history, 1838 24 CHARLES KNIGHT, the pictorial edition
of Richard II, 1838 25 JOHN PAYNE COLLIER, on the existence of two plays on Richard II’s reign, 1842 26 HERMANN ULRICI, kingship and the morality
of Richard II, 1846 27 GULIAN C. VERPLANCK, critical remarks on
Richard II, 1847 28 HARTLEY COLERIDGE, a comment on
Richard II, 1851 29 FRANCOIS P.G. GUIZOT, history, character, and divine right in
Richard II, 1852 30 HENRY N. HUDSON, historical truth and characterization in
Richard II, 1852 31 HENRY REED, history as tragedy in
Richard II, 1855 32 WILLIAM WATKISS LLOYD, the political morality
of Richard II, 1856 33 RICHARD GRANT WHITE,
Richard II, Daniel's
Civil Wars, and the play's date, 1859 34 G.G. GERVINUS, the characterization and artistry of
Richard II, 1863 35 JOHN A. HERAUD, the play's divided authorship and Shakespeare's attitude to divine right, 1865 36 HENRY N. HUDSON, further observations on
Richard II, 1872 37 RICHARD SIMPSON,
Richard II and Elizabethan politics, 1874 38 EDWARD DOWDEN, the immaturity of Richard II and the realism of Bolingbroke, 1875 39 A.C.SWINBURNE, an unsympathetic view of
Richard II, 1875 40 FJ. FURNIVALL, the topicality
of Richard II and the character of its protagonist, 1877 41 DENTONJ. SNIDER,
Richard II and the right of revolution, 1877 42 P.A. DANIEL, time problems in
Richard II, 1879 43 OSCAR WILDE, Shakespeare's concern with costume in
Richard II, 1885 44 A.W. VERITY, Marlowe's influence on
Richard II, 1886 45 RICHARD GRANT WHITE,
Richard II/and
Richard II compared, 1886 46 HAVELOCK ELLIS, on the inferiority
of Richard II to Marlowe's
Edward II, 1887 47 FRANK A. MARSHALL, the theatrical weakness
of Richard II, 1888 48 WALTER PATER, ritual and lyricism in
Richard II, 1889 49 P.A. DANIEL, a nonpolitical reason for omitting the deposition scene from the early quartos
of Richard II, 1890 50 CYRIL RANSOME, character disclosure and dramatic symmetry in
Richard II, 1890 51 E.K. CHAMBERS, the artistry of
Richard II, 1891 52 C.H. HERFORD, miscellaneous comments on
Richard II, 1893 53 BEVERLEY E. WARNER, characterization and history in
Richard II, 1894 54 BARRETT WENDELL,
Richard II as an archaic masterpiece, 1894 55 FREDERICK S. BOAS, diseased will and sentimentalism in
Richard II, 1896 56 GEORGBRANDES,
Edward II and
Richard II contrasted, 1898 57 C.E. MONTAGUE, on F.R. Benson's portrayal of Richard II, 1899 58 SIDNEY LEE, Benson's
Richard II and the acting of minor roles, 1900 59 W.B. YEATS, Richard II and Henry V as emblems of refinement and vulgarity, 1901 60 FREDERICKS. BOAS, the relation of
Woodstock to
Richard II, 1902 61 FELIX E. SCHELLING, Shakespeare's independence in
Richard II, 1902 62 H.F. PREVOST BATTERSBY, on Herbert Beerbohm Tree's
Richard II, 1903 63 RICHARD G. MOULTON,
Richard II, the divine right of kings, and the pendulum of history, 1903 64 A.C. SWINBURNE, an iconoclastic view
of Richard II, 1903 65 A.C. BRADLEY, on
Richard II and tragedy, 1904 66 STOPFORD A. BROOKE, purgation through tragic suffering in
Richard II, 1905 67 MORTON LUCE,
Richard II a disappointing failure, 1905 68 GEORGE PIERCE BAKER,
Richard II and the weaknesses and strengths of the chronicle play, 1907 69 SIR WALTER RALEIGH, weakness and the philosophic strain in the character of Richard II, 1907 70 GEORGE SAINTSBURY,
Richard II as an imperfect but rhetorically unique drama, 1907 71 ASHLEY H. THORNDIKE, structure, style, and characterization in
Richard II, 1908 72 A.C. BRADLEY, further comments on
Richard II, 1909 73 G.S. GORDON, patriotism and the absence of moral order in
Richard II, 1909 74 CHARLOTTE PORTER, the subtle artistry of act I, 1910 75 C.F. TUCKER BROOKE, miscellaneous comments on
Richard II, 1911 76 JOHN MASEFIELD,
Richard II as a tragedy of double treachery, 1911 77 HARDIN CRAIG, from an introduction to
Richard II, 1912 78 IVOR B.JOHN, from an introduction to
Richard II, 1912 79 BRANDER MATTHEWS, dramaturgical weakness and psychological strength in
Richard II, 1913 80 LACY COLLISON-MORLEY, Alessandro Manzoni's anti-classical perspective on
Richard II, 1916 81 WILHELM CREIZENACH, miscellaneous comments on
Richard II, 1916 82 J.A.R. MARRIOTT, historical context and
Richard II as a tragedy of political amateurism, 1918 NOTES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
