Ryszard II
Richard II

Author(s): William Shakespeare
Contributor(s): Anna Cetera-Włodarczyk (Editor), Piotr Kamiński (Translator)
Subject(s): Drama
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: William Shakespeare; new translation of Shakespeare’s plays; critical edition; Richard II
Summary/Abstract: Exquisite, fluent and precise translation by Piotr Kamiński, accompanied by an incisive preface and commentary by Anna Cetera-Włodarczyk, with a beautiful book design by Maciej Buszewicz. The edition is equipped with footnotes, the list of Polish translations and productions of "Richard II". "Richard II" tells a story about the consequences of political pragmatism which endows secular authority with religious sanction thereby postulating its inviolability. This new variant of classical hubris soon proves as destructive as its ancient equivalents. (The Preface)

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