{"product_id":"history-of-king-richard-iii-and-selections-from-the-english-and-latin-poems","title":"History of King Richard III and Selections from the English and Latin Poems","description":"This volume is the third to appear in the modernized series of \u003ci\u003eSelected Works of St. Thomas More\u003c\/i\u003e, a series designed to make available to the general reader works which have already appeared or are about to appear in the Yale Edition of the Complete Works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe History of King Richard III \u003c\/i\u003eis preceded by a brief introduction which offers a succinct estimate of More’s achievement and indicates the important part that his work played in shaping the popular portrait of the last Yorkist king. The conventional view of Richard III in English history is essentially More’s; it was his narrative that provided Shakespeare with both plot and inspiration for his \u003ci\u003eTradgedy of Richard III\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, More’s \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark in the development of sixteenth-century prose and a remarkable witness to what the new humanist history could accomplish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This volume is rounded out by a fine selection of More’s English and Latin poems. More’s early English poems – \"A Mery Gest,\" \"Pageant Verses,\" \"A Rueful Lamentation,\" \"Lewis the Lost Lover,\" and \"Davey the Dicer\" – are presented in their original spelling; the selections from the Latin epigrams, about fifty poems in all, are given in English translation. Full annotations and an extensive bibliography are provided for both the \u003ci\u003eHistory \u003c\/i\u003eand the English and Latin poems.","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218924687704,"sku":"9780300019254","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780300019254.jpg?v=1746850540","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/history-of-king-richard-iii-and-selections-from-the-english-and-latin-poems","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}