Richard III: A Critical Reader

Annaliese Connolly is Senior Lecturer in English at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She is Managing Editor of Early Modern Literary Studies.

• Series Introduction Andrew Hiscock and Lisa HopkinsRichard III TimelineIntroduction Annaliese Connolly 1. The Critical Backstory: 'History has many cunning passages' Peter J. Smith 2. Performance History Kate Wilkinson3. The State of the Art Nina Levine 4. New Directionsi. The Genres of 'Richard III' Brian Walshii. 'Streams of Blood': Treason, Tyranny and the Tudor State in Shakespeare's 'Richard III' Rebecca Lemoniii. 'Now... Now... Now': Timing Disability in 'Richard III' David Woodiv. 'Richard III' on Film Adele LeeResources Daniel CadmanNotes on the ContributorsBibliographyIndex

The essays in this book about Shakespeare's "tragical history" of Richard "Crookback" Gloucester, the disgraced King of England, edited by Connolly (English, Sheffield Hallam Univ.), deal with Richard as a contradiction of king and tyrant, while also delving into more current discussion topics for reading the play, such as disability theory, where to place the piece in terms of genre, and the history of the play on film … each essay has its own fascinating points… This title will be useful to those in college Shakespeare classes who are delving deep into research.