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 ix
... role in 1756 , restoring some of Shakespeare's lines changed or omitted by Nahum Tate ( courtesy of the Harvard Theatre Collection , Harvard College Library ) 3 Portrait of King James I , with crown , orb and sceptre , from the ...
... role in 1756 , restoring some of Shakespeare's lines changed or omitted by Nahum Tate ( courtesy of the Harvard Theatre Collection , Harvard College Library ) 3 Portrait of King James I , with crown , orb and sceptre , from the ...
Page xiv
... roles ( so headed to emphasize the play's status as a text for performance ) is also considered in commentary notes . These may include comment on plausible patterns of casting with the resources of an Elizabethan or Jacobean acting ...
... roles ( so headed to emphasize the play's status as a text for performance ) is also considered in commentary notes . These may include comment on plausible patterns of casting with the resources of an Elizabethan or Jacobean acting ...
Page xvii
... role of the Fool were developed in ' Textual Revision and the Fool in " King Lear " , Trivium , 20 ( 1985 ) , 33-47 . The problem of textual differences between Quarto and Folio in 3.1 , discussed briefly in Appendix 1 , is analysed ...
... role of the Fool were developed in ' Textual Revision and the Fool in " King Lear " , Trivium , 20 ( 1985 ) , 33-47 . The problem of textual differences between Quarto and Folio in 3.1 , discussed briefly in Appendix 1 , is analysed ...
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... role in 1756 , restoring some of Shakespeare's lines changed or omitted by Nahum Tate least in its frequent allusion to the Bible , and use of Samuel Harsnett's account of recent exorcisms ( see pp . 102-4 ) , the play speaks to and of ...
... role in 1756 , restoring some of Shakespeare's lines changed or omitted by Nahum Tate least in its frequent allusion to the Bible , and use of Samuel Harsnett's account of recent exorcisms ( see pp . 102-4 ) , the play speaks to and of ...
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... role dressed in scarlet and 1 The response to this question in both texts is also startling . In Q Lear himself cries , ' Lear's shadow ' , suggesting already a consciousness that he has lost authority ; in F the Fool speaks these words ...
... role dressed in scarlet and 1 The response to this question in both texts is also startling . In Q Lear himself cries , ' Lear's shadow ' , suggesting already a consciousness that he has lost authority ; in F the Fool speaks these words ...
Contents
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KING LEAR | 153 |
Two textual problems | 393 |
Lineation | 403 |
Abbreviations and references | 416 |
Index | 430 |
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