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Richard II

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Approaching Shakespeare
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Lecture eight in the Approaching Shakespeare series asks the question that structures Richard II: does the play suggest Henry Bolingbroke's overthrow of the king was justified?

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Approaching Shakespeare
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Emma Smith
Keywords
Richard II
language
english literature
literary criticism
drama
literature
shakespeare
#greatwriters
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 01/11/2011
Duration: 00:45:16

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