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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... thou went'st so soone From the Worlds - stage , to the Graues - Tyring - Roome . We thought thee dead , but this thy printed worth , Tels thy Spectators , that thou went'st but forth To enter with applause . An Actor's Art Can dye , and ...
... thou went'st so soone From the Worlds - stage , to the Graues - Tyring - Roome . We thought thee dead , but this thy printed worth , Tels thy Spectators , that thou went'st but forth To enter with applause . An Actor's Art Can dye , and ...
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... thou ' and ' you ' : ' thou'usually has ' overtones either of affection towards intimates , or of welldisposed superiority towards social inferiors , or of enmity towards strangers of the speaker's own rank ' ( Horsman , 225 ) , while ...
... thou ' and ' you ' : ' thou'usually has ' overtones either of affection towards intimates , or of welldisposed superiority towards social inferiors , or of enmity towards strangers of the speaker's own rank ' ( Horsman , 225 ) , while ...
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... thou ' in the bitterness of matrimonial wrangling . Lear signals that he is well - disposed towards the disguised Kent in 1.4 by addressing him as ' thou ' , and the changes in Lear's moods in relation to the Fool , alternating between ...
... thou ' in the bitterness of matrimonial wrangling . Lear signals that he is well - disposed towards the disguised Kent in 1.4 by addressing him as ' thou ' , and the changes in Lear's moods in relation to the Fool , alternating between ...
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... thou do , old man ? ' ( 1.1.147 ) , becomes more important than the references to royalty . Peter Brook had the work of Samuel Beckett in mind when he began directing his production , and may have been influenced by Jan Kott's ...
... thou do , old man ? ' ( 1.1.147 ) , becomes more important than the references to royalty . Peter Brook had the work of Samuel Beckett in mind when he began directing his production , and may have been influenced by Jan Kott's ...
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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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