Richard II (Vol. 81) | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
CRITICISM
Berg, James E. “‘This Dear, Dear Land’: ‘Dearth’ and the Fantasy of the Land-Grab in Richard II and Henry IV.” English Literary Renaissance 29, no. 2 (spring 1999): 225-45.
Emphasizes the historical threat of scarcity and currency devaluation to monarchical power in Richard II and Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2.
Berger, Harry, Jr. “Richard II 3.2: An Exercise in Imaginary Audition.” ELH 55, no. 4 (winter 1988): 755-96.
Views Richard as a complex cipher of despair who effectively victimizes himself.
Cohen, Derek. “History and Nation in Richard II and Henry IV.” Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 42, no. 2 (2002): 293-315.
Evaluates Richard II in conjunction with the Henry IV plays as works concerned with the remaking of the English national consciousness through the creation of...
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