King LearPenguin, 1998 M06 1 - 352 pages The Signet Classics edition of one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. Full of cruelty and betrayal, King Lear is the timeless and tragic story of a kingdom held in the thrall of an aging ruler’s descent into madness. Desperate for praise, he banishes those who would guide him with honesty and surrounds himself with sycophants—an action that leads to his ultimate downfall.... This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as: • An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater • A special introduction to the play by the editor, Russell Fraser • Selections from Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, and The True Chronicle History of King Lear, the sources from which Shakespeare derived King Lear • Dramatic criticism from Samuel Johnson, A. C. Bradley, John Russell Brown, and others • A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions • Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable text • And more... |
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... hath made compare”); or an adverb as an adjective (“a seldom pleasure”). There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of such instances in the plays, many of which at first glance would not seem at all irregular and would trouble only a ...
... hath made compare”); or an adverb as an adjective (“a seldom pleasure”). There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of such instances in the plays, many of which at first glance would not seem at all irregular and would trouble only a ...
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... hath, and saith. The -eth ending (regularly used in the King James Bible, 1611) is very rare in Shakespeare's dramatic prose, though not surprisingly it occurs twice in the rather formal prose summary of the narrative poem Lucrece ...
... hath, and saith. The -eth ending (regularly used in the King James Bible, 1611) is very rare in Shakespeare's dramatic prose, though not surprisingly it occurs twice in the rather formal prose summary of the narrative poem Lucrece ...
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... hath dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. Can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden 0 the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? Piece out our ...
... hath dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. Can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden 0 the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? Piece out our ...
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... excursions. Then Edgar reenters and speaks again: “Away, old man.... King Lear hath lost” (5-6). The optimism of Albany, as it is even more extravagant, is more sternly reproved. All friends shall taste The wages of their virtue, and.
... excursions. Then Edgar reenters and speaks again: “Away, old man.... King Lear hath lost” (5-6). The optimism of Albany, as it is even more extravagant, is more sternly reproved. All friends shall taste The wages of their virtue, and.
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... hath been at my charge. I have so often blushed to acknowledge him that now I am brazed° to't. Kent. I cannot conceive° you. Gloucester. Sir, this young fellow's mother could; whereupon she grew round-wombed, and had indeed, sir, a son ...
... hath been at my charge. I have so often blushed to acknowledge him that now I am brazed° to't. Kent. I cannot conceive° you. Gloucester. Sir, this young fellow's mother could; whereupon she grew round-wombed, and had indeed, sir, a son ...
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