King Lear: Third SeriesBloomsbury Publishing, 2014 M09 25 - 455 pages 'By far the best edition of King Lear - in respect of both textual and other matters - that we now have.'John Lyon, English Language Notes'This volume is a treasure-trove of precise information and stimulating comments on practically every aspect of the Lear-universe. I know of no other edition which I would recommend with such confidence: to students, professional colleagues and also the 'educated public'.'Dieter Mehl, Shakespeare Jahrbuch, vol 134 |
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Page xi
... Folio ( 1623 ) ( courtesy of the Huntington Library , California ) 20 Title - page of the First Quarto of King Lear ... Folio text of King Lear 3.1.17–34 ( courtesy of the Huntington Library , California ) 395 GENERAL EDITORS ' PREFACE ...
... Folio ( 1623 ) ( courtesy of the Huntington Library , California ) 20 Title - page of the First Quarto of King Lear ... Folio text of King Lear 3.1.17–34 ( courtesy of the Huntington Library , California ) 395 GENERAL EDITORS ' PREFACE ...
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... folio editions , the texts are presented in fully modernized form , with a textual apparatus that records all substantial divergences from those early printings . The notes and introductions focus on the conditions and possibilities of ...
... folio editions , the texts are presented in fully modernized form , with a textual apparatus that records all substantial divergences from those early printings . The notes and introductions focus on the conditions and possibilities of ...
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... Folio in 3.1 , discussed briefly in Appendix 1 , is analysed more fully in an essay in Shakespeare Survey , 49 ( 1997 ) , 217-23 . I have considered the importance of the crown in the play in ' King Lear : monarch or senior citizen ...
... Folio in 3.1 , discussed briefly in Appendix 1 , is analysed more fully in an essay in Shakespeare Survey , 49 ( 1997 ) , 217-23 . I have considered the importance of the crown in the play in ' King Lear : monarch or senior citizen ...
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... Folio of 1623 , which differ in many respects . The next part of the introduction comments on the more important differences between these texts in considering the question of revision or adaptation , and this is followed by a brief ...
... Folio of 1623 , which differ in many respects . The next part of the introduction comments on the more important differences between these texts in considering the question of revision or adaptation , and this is followed by a brief ...
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... Folio of his works a text for readers , and all later editors have also had readers in mind ; even acting versions have first to be read . There has been a fashion in criticism for claiming that the “ real play is the performance , not ...
... Folio of his works a text for readers , and all later editors have also had readers in mind ; even acting versions have first to be read . There has been a fashion in criticism for claiming that the “ real play is the performance , not ...
Contents
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KING LEAR | 153 |
Two textual problems | 393 |
Lineation | 403 |
Abbreviations and references | 416 |
Index | 430 |
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