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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Page 236
... Lear's agonized cry , " No , no , no life ! " ? Beyond doubt , I think , some such feelings as these possess us , and , if we follow Shakespeare , ought to pos- sess us , from time to time as we read King Lear . And some readers will go ...
... Lear's agonized cry , " No , no , no life ! " ? Beyond doubt , I think , some such feelings as these possess us , and , if we follow Shakespeare , ought to pos- sess us , from time to time as we read King Lear . And some readers will go ...
Page 246
... Lear's orbit ; and , for the time , to the complete sacrifice of his own interests in the play . " Poor Tom " is in effect an embodiment of Lear's frenzy , the disguise no part of Edgar's own development . As we have seen , while Act ...
... Lear's orbit ; and , for the time , to the complete sacrifice of his own interests in the play . " Poor Tom " is in effect an embodiment of Lear's frenzy , the disguise no part of Edgar's own development . As we have seen , while Act ...
Page 298
... Lear's claim to be the sun around which everything revolves . The mere presence of another inviol- able person is enough to shatter Lear's identity . The tragic hero wants to be the only star in the sky . The feminine Other creates ...
... Lear's claim to be the sun around which everything revolves . The mere presence of another inviol- able person is enough to shatter Lear's identity . The tragic hero wants to be the only star in the sky . The feminine Other creates ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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