King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page i
... characters which , while individual with all the individuality of living men and women , are in their nature universal , affording a laboratory unsurpassed for the study of human psychology and ethics . It is in character - creation ...
... characters which , while individual with all the individuality of living men and women , are in their nature universal , affording a laboratory unsurpassed for the study of human psychology and ethics . It is in character - creation ...
Page ii
William Shakespeare. independent interpretation which leads to a personal evaluation of the characters introduced ... character through the endeavor to solve for himself those questions of psychology and ethics which are presented in ...
William Shakespeare. independent interpretation which leads to a personal evaluation of the characters introduced ... character through the endeavor to solve for himself those questions of psychology and ethics which are presented in ...
Page v
... character is regarded the most authoritative , differs widely from the Quartos , both in omissions and additions as well as in minor points of expression . According to Furness , the omissions amount to about two hundred and twenty ...
... character is regarded the most authoritative , differs widely from the Quartos , both in omissions and additions as well as in minor points of expression . According to Furness , the omissions amount to about two hundred and twenty ...
Page vi
... characters , including Lear himself , were taken to be grotesque . In this connection it is of interest to recall that in 1681 Nahum Tate , Poet Laureate from 1692 to 1715 , rewrote the play as a comedy to suit the popular taste of the ...
... characters , including Lear himself , were taken to be grotesque . In this connection it is of interest to recall that in 1681 Nahum Tate , Poet Laureate from 1692 to 1715 , rewrote the play as a comedy to suit the popular taste of the ...
Page vii
... character of his elder son who in consequence has to flee for his life and adopt the disguise of a crazy beggar . The insane king and the crazy beggar meet in the storm from which the king is at last rescued by Gloucester and sent ...
... character of his elder son who in consequence has to flee for his life and adopt the disguise of a crazy beggar . The insane king and the crazy beggar meet in the storm from which the king is at last rescued by Gloucester and sent ...
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