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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812437003321

Autore

More Thomas, Sir, Saint, <1478-1535.>

Titolo

The history of King Richard the Third / / Thomas More ; edited by George M. Logan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-07272-2

0-253-11177-3

Edizione

[A reading ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LoganGeorge M. <1941->

Disciplina

942.04/6/092

B

Soggetti

Great Britain History Richard III, 1483-1485

Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-124) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chronology; The History of King Richard the ?ird; Selective Glossary; Editorial Practices; Textual Notes; Appendix: Literary Relations; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The History of King Richard the Third is Thomas More's English                masterpiece. With the help of Shakespeare, whose Richard the Third took More's work                as its principal model, the History determined the historical reputation of an                English king and spawned a seemingly endless controversy about the justness of that                reputation. George M. Logan has produced a scholarly yet                accessible edition of the History, designed to make More's exhilarating work fully                accessible to 21st-century readers. More's text is