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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... Present general editors ( third series ) Richard Proudfoot , Ann Thompson and David Scott Kastan This edition of King Lear , by R. A. Foakes , first published 1997 by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd Published by The Arden Shakespeare ...
... Present general editors ( third series ) Richard Proudfoot , Ann Thompson and David Scott Kastan This edition of King Lear , by R. A. Foakes , first published 1997 by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd Published by The Arden Shakespeare ...
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... present in the early editions and often the product of eighteenth - century or later scholarship ) have been retained for ease of reference , but have been given less prominence than in the previous series . Editorial indications of ...
... present in the early editions and often the product of eighteenth - century or later scholarship ) have been retained for ease of reference , but have been given less prominence than in the previous series . Editorial indications of ...
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... present edition are too great to be recorded in full in the notes . In these cases the editions will include a reduced photographic facsimile of the bad quarto ' in an appendix . > INTRODUCTION Both the introduction and the commentary ...
... present edition are too great to be recorded in full in the notes . In these cases the editions will include a reduced photographic facsimile of the bad quarto ' in an appendix . > INTRODUCTION Both the introduction and the commentary ...
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... present edition includes , with markers in the form of superscript 2 ( for Quarto ) or F ( for Folio ) , the passages found in one text but not the other . The aims of this edition are , first , to make available the text ( s ) in a ...
... present edition includes , with markers in the form of superscript 2 ( for Quarto ) or F ( for Folio ) , the passages found in one text but not the other . The aims of this edition are , first , to make available the text ( s ) in a ...
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... present time are considered in the rest of this section , with reference both to critical accounts of the play and to productions in the theatre . a > ' Every inch a king ' The stage history of the play down to the late nineteenth ...
... present time are considered in the rest of this section , with reference both to critical accounts of the play and to productions in the theatre . a > ' Every inch a king ' The stage history of the play down to the late nineteenth ...
Contents
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KING LEAR | 153 |
Two textual problems | 393 |
Lineation | 403 |
Abbreviations and references | 416 |
Index | 430 |
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