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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... effects , processions , fights , disguises , torches , weapons , deaths , torture ( the blinding of Gloucester ) and even an imagined fall off a cliff , all designed for an open stage like that at the Globe ( see Fig . 1 ) , providing ...
... effects , processions , fights , disguises , torches , weapons , deaths , torture ( the blinding of Gloucester ) and even an imagined fall off a cliff , all designed for an open stage like that at the Globe ( see Fig . 1 ) , providing ...
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... effect is to open up resonances and implications in such a way that the possibilities for interpretation seem inexhaustible . Among the patterns of verbal imagery in the play , that relating to seeing , blindness and insight has a ...
... effect is to open up resonances and implications in such a way that the possibilities for interpretation seem inexhaustible . Among the patterns of verbal imagery in the play , that relating to seeing , blindness and insight has a ...
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... effects may spring from words of love . ( 1.1.185–6 ) - but Lear learns to understand the difference between word and deed only through harsh experience ( see 1.1.55 and n . , and 4.6.96–104 ) . The reader can savour the full text , and ...
... effects may spring from words of love . ( 1.1.185–6 ) - but Lear learns to understand the difference between word and deed only through harsh experience ( see 1.1.55 and n . , and 4.6.96–104 ) . The reader can savour the full text , and ...
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... effect , as Lear is soon forced by Goneril to sense the split in himself without understanding it : Does any here know me ? Why , this is not Lear . Does Lear walk thus , speak thus ? Where are his eyes ? Either his notion weakens , his ...
... effect , as Lear is soon forced by Goneril to sense the split in himself without understanding it : Does any here know me ? Why , this is not Lear . Does Lear walk thus , speak thus ? Where are his eyes ? Either his notion weakens , his ...
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... effect tended towards nihilism . Brook released and made others aware of the play's potential bleakness , which later productions have softened , and he also made his wilful , arrogant old Lear no better than Goneril and Regan ...
... effect tended towards nihilism . Brook released and made others aware of the play's potential bleakness , which later productions have softened , and he also made his wilful , arrogant old Lear no better than Goneril and Regan ...
Contents
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KING LEAR | 153 |
Two textual problems | 393 |
Lineation | 403 |
Abbreviations and references | 416 |
Index | 430 |
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