King Lear, Volume 5Penguin Group USA, Incorporated, 1963 - 306 pages King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and Job-like Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear's failure as a father engulfs himself and his world in turmoil and tragedy. |
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William Shakespeare. Contents SHAKESPEARE : PREFATORY REMARKS INTRODUCTION The Tragedy of King Lear TEXTUAL NOTE THE DATE AND SOURCE OF King Lear Selections from Raphael Holinshed : The Chronicles of England , Scotland , and Ireland from ...
William Shakespeare. Contents SHAKESPEARE : PREFATORY REMARKS INTRODUCTION The Tragedy of King Lear TEXTUAL NOTE THE DATE AND SOURCE OF King Lear Selections from Raphael Holinshed : The Chronicles of England , Scotland , and Ireland from ...
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... King Lear , as in Othello , the world outside the hero is starkly divided be- tween good and evil , and so are the principal women characters - Goneril , Regan , Cordelia , and Desdemona . In Hamlet and Antony and Cleopatra ... KING LEAR 297.
... King Lear , as in Othello , the world outside the hero is starkly divided be- tween good and evil , and so are the principal women characters - Goneril , Regan , Cordelia , and Desdemona . In Hamlet and Antony and Cleopatra ... KING LEAR 297.
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... King Lear Blaney , Peter W. M. The Texts of " King Lear " and Their Origins . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1982 . Bradley , A. C. Shakespearean Tragedy . London : Macmillan , 1904. Part of the material on King Lear is ...
... King Lear Blaney , Peter W. M. The Texts of " King Lear " and Their Origins . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1982 . Bradley , A. C. Shakespearean Tragedy . London : Macmillan , 1904. Part of the material on King Lear is ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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