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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... Night's Dream King John 1596-97 The Merchant of Venice 1597 1 Henry IV 1597-98 2 Henry IV 1598-99 Henry V 1598-1600 Much Ado About Nothing 1599 Julius Caesar 1599-1600 As You Like It 1599-1600 Twelfth Night Hamlet 1600-01 1597-1601 The ...
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... night's too rough For nature to endure . Lear . Storm still . Let me alone . Kent . Good my lord , enter here . Lear . Wilt break my heart ? " Kent . I had rather break mine own . Good my lord , enter . Lear . Thou think'st ' tis much ...
... night's too rough For nature to endure . Lear . Storm still . Let me alone . Kent . Good my lord , enter here . Lear . Wilt break my heart ? " Kent . I had rather break mine own . Good my lord , enter . Lear . Thou think'st ' tis much ...
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... NIGHT'S DREAM , Wolfgang Clemen , ed . , University of Munich . ☐MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING , David Stevenson , ed . , Hunter College . ( 517385- $ 2.25 ) ( 517407- $ 2.95 ) OTHELLO , Alvan Kernan , ed . , Yale University . RICHARD II ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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