King LearLongmans, 1907 - 152 pages |
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Page xiii
... Edmund , is punished by the loss of his eyes . Meanwhile Lear has fled to Dover , whither Cordelia , recently ... Edmund , while Edmund is vanquished in single combat and slain by the sword of his injured brother Edgar . Sources of the ...
... Edmund , is punished by the loss of his eyes . Meanwhile Lear has fled to Dover , whither Cordelia , recently ... Edmund , while Edmund is vanquished in single combat and slain by the sword of his injured brother Edgar . Sources of the ...
Page xv
... Edmund Spenser gives a brief version of the story of Lear in the Faerie Queene ( ii . 10 , 27-32 ) , where we have the name of Lear's youngest daughter spelt " Cordelia " just as Shakespeare spells it , and it is reasonable to assume ...
... Edmund Spenser gives a brief version of the story of Lear in the Faerie Queene ( ii . 10 , 27-32 ) , where we have the name of Lear's youngest daughter spelt " Cordelia " just as Shakespeare spells it , and it is reasonable to assume ...
Page xix
... Edmund . - Just as the virtue of Cordelia makes the wickedness of her sisters more repulsive , so the noble character of Edgar makes to stand out in à more un- enviable light the bold villainy of Edmund . " Edgar is a simply but ...
... Edmund . - Just as the virtue of Cordelia makes the wickedness of her sisters more repulsive , so the noble character of Edgar makes to stand out in à more un- enviable light the bold villainy of Edmund . " Edgar is a simply but ...
Page xx
... Edmund ranks of course as the villain of the piece , at least as far as the male characters are concerned , a villain , however , of the bold swash - buckling class who does not attempt to hide his depravity under a cloak of hypocrisy ...
... Edmund ranks of course as the villain of the piece , at least as far as the male characters are concerned , a villain , however , of the bold swash - buckling class who does not attempt to hide his depravity under a cloak of hypocrisy ...
Page xxxii
... Edmund which begins the play , also in that between Lear and Edmund in disguise , in all letters and proclamations ( e.g. , iv . 6 , 239 ; v . 3 , 112 ) , and sometimes in cases when ap- parently Shakespeare thought blank verse would be ...
... Edmund which begins the play , also in that between Lear and Edmund in disguise , in all letters and proclamations ( e.g. , iv . 6 , 239 ; v . 3 , 112 ) , and sometimes in cases when ap- parently Shakespeare thought blank verse would be ...
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