Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-551) and index.
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GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE; PREFACE; 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
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17 JOHN HAMILTON REYNOLDS, the poetry of Richard II and the other histories, 181718 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
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25 JOHN PAYNE COLLIER, on the existence of two plays on Richard II's reign, 184226 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 FRANÇOIS 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
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33 RICHARD GRANT WHITE, Richard II, Daniel's Civil Wars, and the play's date, 185934 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
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9 FRANCIS DOUCE, Richard II and the memento mori tradition, 180710 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
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A collection of short critical works on Shakespeare's Richard II, originally published from 1780-1918.
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Title
Richard II.
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Parallel Title
Richard II, 1780-1920
Parallel Title
Richard the Second
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Richard, II,1367-1400-- In literature.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616-- Criticism and interpretation-- History-- 19th century.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616., King Richard II.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616., King Richard II.
Richard, II,1367-1400.
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William., King Richard the Second.
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
King Richard II (Shakespeare, William)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Kings and rulers in literature.
Middle Ages in literature.
Grande-Bretagne dans la littérature.
Moyen Âge dans la littérature.
Richard II, roi d'Angleterre, 1367-1400 dans la littérature.