The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 19.0037 Wednesday, 17 January 2008
[1] From: John Ramsay <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 17 Jan 2008 12:05:50 -0000
Subj: Re: SHK 19.0018 Richard III Novel?
[2] From: Matthew Cossolotto <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 17 Jan 2008 12:14:46 -0500
Subj: RE: SHK 19.0032 Richard III Novel?
[3] From: Anna Kamaralli <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:19:22 +0000 (GMT)
Subj: Re: SHK 19.0032 Richard III Novel?
[4] From: Tanya Gough <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 22 Jan 2008 19:30:28 -0500 (EST)
Subj: Re: SHK 19.0032 Richard III Novel?
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From: John Ramsay <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 17 Jan 2008 12:05:50 -0000
Subject: 19.0018 Richard III Novel?
Comment: Re: SHK 19.0018 Richard III Novel?
>Can anyone recommend a great classic novel to accompany Richard III
>in a course which examines political ambition? Given the political
>season, especially this Fall, this seems like a good topic.
>
>Someone suggested _All the King's Men_, but a more classical and even
>weighty novel might be better, alongside RIII. Any suggestions are
>warmly appreciated.
>
>Cheers,
>Ken Adelman
'The Black Arrow' by Robert Louis Stevenson has Richard III, aka
'Crookback Dick', as a minor character.
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From: Matthew Cossolotto <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 17 Jan 2008 12:14:46 -0500
Subject: 19.0032 Richard III Novel?
Comment: RE: SHK 19.0032 Richard III Novel?
Ken:
_I, Claudius_ by Robert Graves leaps to mind.
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From: Anna Kamaralli <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:19:22 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: 19.0032 Richard III Novel?
Comment: Re: SHK 19.0032 Richard III Novel?
Now, hear me out on this one: Frank Herbert's _Dune_, without a doubt.
Whimsically,
Anna
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From: Tanya Gough <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Tuesday, 22 Jan 2008 19:30:28 -0500 (EST)
Subject: 19.0032 Richard III Novel?
Comment: Re: SHK 19.0032 Richard III Novel?
If it's not too late, I'd like to suggest _Animal Farm_, as another
example of manipulating others to for political gain. Also, Mervyn
Peake's brilliant _Gormenghast_ series comes to mind, insofar as it
traces the ruthless climb to power by a lowly cook to lord of the land.
It's fairly dense and lengthy, though, and therefore might be more of a
distraction than an elucidation. T.H. White's _The Once and Future King_
might make for interesting comparisons, too.
Tanya "A lass" Gough
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