The tragedy of King Richard the Third / edited and introduced by J. Drakakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Contributor:

Drakakis, John.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Shakespearean originals--first editions

Standardized Title:

King Richard III

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485--Drama.

Richard.

Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485.

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Drama.

Great Britain.

Kings and rulers.

Genre:

Historical drama.

Drama.

Physical Description:

167 pages ; 20cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1996.

Summary:

The Shakespearean Originals Series takes as its point of departure the question: "What is it that we read Shakespeare?" The answer may seem self-evident: we read the words that Shakespeare wrote. But do we? In the case of all the major editions of Shakespeare available in the market, the fact of the matter is that many of the words that we read in an edition of, say, Hamlet, never appeared in the text as it was printed during or shortly after Shakespeare's own lifetime. They are th e interpetations and interpolations of a series of editors who have been systematically changign Shakespeare's text from the eighteenth century onwards. Series has caused much debate, interest and favorable reviews within the academic community. Each volume in the series follows the same format and is produced to the same design. Students, researchers, teachers of Literary Studies and Shakepeare Studies. A Harvester Wheatsheaf Book

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0134410238

OCLC:

60283559