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 vii
... Reading and staging King Lear Responses and reworkings The inception of King Lear Texts of King Lear Revision and adaptation in King Lear Casting King Lear Usages in this edition 1 3 80 89 110 128 146 148 KING LEAR 153 393 Appendix 1 ...
... Reading and staging King Lear Responses and reworkings The inception of King Lear Texts of King Lear Revision and adaptation in King Lear Casting King Lear Usages in this edition 1 3 80 89 110 128 146 148 KING LEAR 153 393 Appendix 1 ...
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... readers ' alike for its readable and reliable texts , its full annotation and its richly informative introductions . We have aimed in the third Arden series to maintain the quality and general character of its predecessors , preserving ...
... readers ' alike for its readable and reliable texts , its full annotation and its richly informative introductions . We have aimed in the third Arden series to maintain the quality and general character of its predecessors , preserving ...
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... readers will find a passage of text followed by commentary and , finally , textual notes . Act and scene divisions ... reader . Elided forms in the early texts are spelt out in full in verse lines wherever they indicate a usual late ...
... readers will find a passage of text followed by commentary and , finally , textual notes . Act and scene divisions ... reader . Elided forms in the early texts are spelt out in full in verse lines wherever they indicate a usual late ...
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... reading adopted in the text and closing square bracket ; then : abbreviated reference , in italic , to the earliest edition to adopt the accepted reading , italic semicolon and noteworthy alternative reading ( s ) , each with ...
... reading adopted in the text and closing square bracket ; then : abbreviated reference , in italic , to the earliest edition to adopt the accepted reading , italic semicolon and noteworthy alternative reading ( s ) , each with ...
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... reader to the range of critical approaches to the plays . They discuss the history of the reception of the texts within the theatre and scholarship and beyond , investigating the interdependency of the literary text and the surrounding ...
... reader to the range of critical approaches to the plays . They discuss the history of the reception of the texts within the theatre and scholarship and beyond , investigating the interdependency of the literary text and the surrounding ...
Contents
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KING LEAR | 153 |
Two textual problems | 393 |
Lineation | 403 |
Abbreviations and references | 416 |
Index | 430 |
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