William Shakespeare : Richard III / C.W.R.D. Moseley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moseley, C. W. R. D. (Charles W. R. D.)

Series:

Humanities Insights

Literature insights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tirril [England] : Humanities-Ebooks, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides a basis for informed discussion of Richard III, one of Shakespeare s most beautifully-crafted plays, and the issues it raises which are as ominously relevant to politics and people now as they were when it was new. After a brief examination of"

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Publication Data""; ""Title Page""; ""A Note on the Author""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. �Jacobethan� Attitudes""; ""1.1 History and Politics""; ""1.2 The Model of the World""; ""1.3 Free Will and the Fall of Man""; ""1.4 Macrocosm and Microcosm""; ""1.5. The Failure of the Model""; ""2. Theories of Drama""; ""History and Tragedy""; ""3. History, Tragedy, and Politics""; ""4. The Sources and their use""; ""5. The Figure of Richard""; ""5.1 Richard and the Morality Vice""; ""5.2 Richard and the machiavel""; ""6. Richard�s Performance""

""7. Conscience and the King�Some Themes of the Play""""7.1 Justice, Vengeance, Revenge""; ""7.2 Time and the Importance of Margaret""; ""8. The Structure of the Play""; ""9. Language, Style and Rhetoric""; ""10. Afterword""; ""Appendix: The Text of the Play""; ""Further Reading""; ""Conceptual Index""; ""HYPERLINKS""; ""Insights ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-04026-X

9786612040269

1-84760-029-8

OCLC:

741614330