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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... Speaking Properties ( Lewisburg , 1991 ) ; her list of properties needed for King Lear , 185–6 , omits a crown and chair of state for Lear in the opening scene . Image removed - rights not available in pronunciation , as. 5 Introduction.
... Speaking Properties ( Lewisburg , 1991 ) ; her list of properties needed for King Lear , 185–6 , omits a crown and chair of state for Lear in the opening scene . Image removed - rights not available in pronunciation , as. 5 Introduction.
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... speaking with goodness and rhetoric with flattery or hypocrisy should be resisted , for Kent's bluntness in 2.2 earns him the stocks , and arguably does Lear a disservice , while Lear's passion in Act 3 can only be expressed in the ...
... speaking with goodness and rhetoric with flattery or hypocrisy should be resisted , for Kent's bluntness in 2.2 earns him the stocks , and arguably does Lear a disservice , while Lear's passion in Act 3 can only be expressed in the ...
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... speak gently to someone else ; yet it may have the negative force , if he refers to a button on his own clothes , of signalling his death as his heart bursts . Thus many ' un- ' words in the play may have a kind of paradoxical quality ...
... speak gently to someone else ; yet it may have the negative force , if he refers to a button on his own clothes , of signalling his death as his heart bursts . Thus many ' un- ' words in the play may have a kind of paradoxical quality ...
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... speak thus ? Where are his eyes ? Either his notion weakens , his discernings Are lethargied - Ha ! Waking ? ' Tis not so . Who is it that can tell me who I am ? ( 1.4.217-21 ; F ) This last devastating rhetorical question resonates ...
... speak thus ? Where are his eyes ? Either his notion weakens , his discernings Are lethargied - Ha ! Waking ? ' Tis not so . Who is it that can tell me who I am ? ( 1.4.217-21 ; F ) This last devastating rhetorical question resonates ...
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Contents
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KING LEAR | 153 |
Two textual problems | 393 |
Lineation | 403 |
Abbreviations and references | 416 |
Index | 430 |
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