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In their lively and engaging edition of this sometimes neglected early play, Cox and Rasmussen make a strong claim for it as a remarkable work, revealing a confidence and sureness that very few earlier plays can rival. They show how the young Shakespeare, working closely from his chronicle sources, nevertheless freely shaped his complex material to make it both theatrically effective and poetically innovative. The resulting work creates, in Queen Margaret, one of Shakespeare's strongest female roles and is the source of the popular view of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick as `kingmaker'. Focusing on the history of the play both in terms of both performance and criticism, the editors open it to a wide and challenging variety of interpretative and editorial paradigms.

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Author:   William Shakespeare ,  Prof. Eric Rasmussen (USA) ,  John D. Cox
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   The Arden Shakespeare
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.518kg
ISBN:  

9781903436318

ISBN 10:   1903436311
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   01 November 2001
Audience:   Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  College/higher education ,  Secondary ,  A / AS level
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. Eric Rasmussen is a Professor and Chair of the English department at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. John D. Cox is the DuMez Professor of English at Hope College, USA.

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