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 111
... 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 that this contentious storm Invades us to the ...
... 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 that this contentious storm Invades us to the ...
Page 231
... storm , not to drown the dialogue , must be si- lent whenever a human being wishes to speak , and is wretchedly inferior to many a storm we have witnessed . Nor is it simply that , as Lamb observed , the corporal pres- ence of Lear ...
... storm , not to drown the dialogue , must be si- lent whenever a human being wishes to speak , and is wretchedly inferior to many a storm we have witnessed . Nor is it simply that , as Lamb observed , the corporal pres- ence of Lear ...
Page 251
... storm as the height of his attempt and the point of his dramatic defeat ; but it is this storm of the mind here beginning upon which he ex- pends skill and imagination most recklessly till inspira- tion has had its will of him ; and the ...
... storm as the height of his attempt and the point of his dramatic defeat ; but it is this storm of the mind here beginning upon which he ex- pends skill and imagination most recklessly till inspira- tion has had its will of him ; and the ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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