{"product_id":"shakespeares-richard-ii-god-and-language-9781440197994","title":"Shakespeare's Richard II, God, and Language","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): O'Meara John O'Meara\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents an in-depth view of the extraordinary revisionist language Shakespeare gives to his most royal of all kings, from the time Richard falls dramatically out of favor with God. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Readers will find this book most useful in seeking to disentangle the play's notoriously elaborate verbal presentation, but what the author brings out in connection with Richard's approach to language should move performers themselves to seek to present in future a more creatively dynamic Richard than the one we have thus far been required to accept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Especially does this book help one to see more clearly how before Shakespeare's difficult re-emergence in his late plays, before all the tragedy, before the fall, there was-God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"John O'Meara's...work...displays an alert and delicate sensitivity to language and metaphor...\" Arthur Kinney, English Language Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Cover Photo: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e by RegWilson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e (c) The Royal Shakespeare Company\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Alan Howard as Richard II\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e in the 1980\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Royal Shakespeare Company Production\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e at Stratford-Upon-Avon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Back Photo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A.F.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45133129515159,"sku":"9781440197994","price":769.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781440197994.webp?v=1767282146","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/shakespeares-richard-ii-god-and-language-9781440197994","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}