King LearPenguin UK, 2005 M04 7 - 368 pages 'The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world' Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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... Edmund Spenser's epic poem, The Faerie Queene (1590). From Spenser, indeed, he seems to have lifted the spelling of Cordelia's name and the idea that she died by hanging. But in all these versions, as in earlier renditions, the story ...
... Edmund Spenser's epic poem, The Faerie Queene (1590). From Spenser, indeed, he seems to have lifted the spelling of Cordelia's name and the idea that she died by hanging. But in all these versions, as in earlier renditions, the story ...
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... Edmund, came directly from another late Elizabethan work, the first edition of Sir Philip Sidney's prose romance Arcadia, published in 1590. Book II, Chapter 10 of Arcadia relates the story of the King of Paphlagonia, who has been ...
... Edmund, came directly from another late Elizabethan work, the first edition of Sir Philip Sidney's prose romance Arcadia, published in 1590. Book II, Chapter 10 of Arcadia relates the story of the King of Paphlagonia, who has been ...
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... Edmund, and that he denies both the dying Gloucester and the audience the certain knowledge that Edgar will reign after Lear, is further evidence of his desire to deepen the darkness of the tragedy by snuffing out any solace that might ...
... Edmund, and that he denies both the dying Gloucester and the audience the certain knowledge that Edgar will reign after Lear, is further evidence of his desire to deepen the darkness of the tragedy by snuffing out any solace that might ...
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actors ALBANY arms bastard beggar Burgundy Cordelia Cornwall daughters death dost Dover Dr Johnson Duke Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwall Edmund Elizabethan Enter Edgar Enter Lear Exeunt Exit eyes F reading father fear feel Folio follow Fool Fool’s fortune foul fiend France GENTLEMAN give Gloucester’s gods Gonerill Gonerill and Regan grace Harsnet’s hast hath heart Henry VI honour i’the justice KENT Kent’s King Lear kingdom knave knights Lear’s letter look lord madam man’s matter means nature noble nuncle o’er o’the omitted Oswald perhaps poor Poor Tom Pray presumably prose in Q Q and F Q corrected Quarto Regan Richard III scene seems sense servant Shakespeare Shakespeare’s plays sister speak speech stand storm sword tears theatrical thee There’s thine things Titus Andronicus Tom’s tragedy trumpet villain Who’s Winter’s Tale words wretches