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Quick Start to the Historical Controversy
The historical controversy
over Richard III's character has been roiling along for more than four
hundred years. You can explore this controversy on this site in the following
ways:
- Read
an Introductory Biography
We've placed one in our online library--actually, it's the first two
chapters of Roxane C. Murph's Richard
III: The Making of a Legend
- Read
Shakespeare with a History in the Other Hand
We've helped you out by creating a hypertext edition of Shakespeare's
Richard III
with links to excerpts from Charles Ross's 1981 biography.
- Read
Some Essays on the Subject
We've placed three on this site: one by James
A. Moore, author of the Garland Shakespeare Bibliography, on historicity
in Shakespeare's Richard III; one by
Sharon D. Michalove, vice chairman and research officer of the
American Branch, on the reinvention of Richard III; and one by Beth
Marie Kosir on Richard III as a study in historiographical controversy.
Our Back to Basics section offers
brief introductions to key issues, characters, organizations, and
terms.
- Pick
Up a Few Choice Books
We've assembled reading lists for many
topics on this site.
- Trace
the Development of the Richard III Legend Over Time through Primary
Sources
Check out our Online Library
for some of the hard-to-find primary texts--we're adding to the list
of online texts almost every month.
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