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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... later scholarship ) have been retained for ease of reference , but have been given less prominence than in the previous series . Editorial indications of location of the action have been removed to the textual notes or commentary . In ...
... later scholarship ) have been retained for ease of reference , but have been given less prominence than in the previous series . Editorial indications of location of the action have been removed to the textual notes or commentary . In ...
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... 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 the text , or that a play is a “ communal ...
... 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 the text , or that a play is a “ communal ...
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... Later in this scene , as Albany and Goneril quarrel , they shift from the general ' you ' to ' thou ' in the bitterness of matrimonial wrangling . Lear signals that he is well - disposed towards the disguised Kent in 1.4 by addressing ...
... Later in this scene , as Albany and Goneril quarrel , they shift from the general ' you ' to ' thou ' in the bitterness of matrimonial wrangling . Lear signals that he is well - disposed towards the disguised Kent in 1.4 by addressing ...
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... later times . Shakespeare makes use of the antiquity of the legend to the extent that Lear invokes classical deities such as Hecate and Apollo , and unidentified pagan ' gods ' are appealed to throughout ; in other words , antiquity is ...
... later times . Shakespeare makes use of the antiquity of the legend to the extent that Lear invokes classical deities such as Hecate and Apollo , and unidentified pagan ' gods ' are appealed to throughout ; in other words , antiquity is ...
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... later acts , but also in the way his enemies continue to think of him so , as when Cornwall and Regan grill Gloucester in 3.7 with questions such as ' Where hast thou sent the King ? ' It seems that the mental habit of all the ...
... later acts , but also in the way his enemies continue to think of him so , as when Cornwall and Regan grill Gloucester in 3.7 with questions such as ' Where hast thou sent the King ? ' It seems that the mental habit of all the ...
Contents
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KING LEAR | 153 |
Two textual problems | 393 |
Lineation | 403 |
Abbreviations and references | 416 |
Index | 430 |
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