The Complete Richard II
An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
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Language :
English
Publication Date :
3/4/2015
Format :
Softcover
Dimensions :
6x9
Page Count :
228
ISBN :
9781496969354
Format :
Hardcover
Dimensions :
6x9
Page Count :
228
ISBN :
9781496969347
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E-Book
Dimensions :
N/A
Page Count :
228
ISBN :
9781496969361
About the Book
Richard the Second is essentially weak and vacillating. Self-indulgent and prodigal, he appears to be a natural candidate for overthrow by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke. He is a man who enjoys the trappings of being king but fails to measure up to the responsibilities. Self-pitying and duplicitous, perhaps he deserves the reader’s pity-but he doesn’t elicit pity from his subjects or his peers. In one sense, then, it seems ordained that he be replaced by the future Henry IV.
About the Author
Donald J. Richardson is still trying to teach English composition at Phoenix College.