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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... (servants to masters, nobles to the king) or to equals with whom the speaker was not familiar. Increasingly the “polite” forms were used in all direct address, regardless of rank, and the accusative you displaced the nominative ye ...
... (servants to masters, nobles to the king) or to equals with whom the speaker was not familiar. Increasingly the “polite” forms were used in all direct address, regardless of rank, and the accusative you displaced the nominative ye ...
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... in verse. By the end of the 1580s, however, prose had established itself on the English comic stage. In tragedy, Marlowe made some use of prose, not simply in the speeches of clownish servants but even in the speech of a tragic.
... in verse. By the end of the 1580s, however, prose had established itself on the English comic stage. In tragedy, Marlowe made some use of prose, not simply in the speeches of clownish servants but even in the speech of a tragic.
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William Shakespeare Russell Fraser. clownish servants but even in the speech of a tragic hero, Doctor Faustus. Still, before Shakespeare, prose normally was used in the theater only for special circumstances: (1) letters and ...
William Shakespeare Russell Fraser. clownish servants but even in the speech of a tragic hero, Doctor Faustus. Still, before Shakespeare, prose normally was used in the theater only for special circumstances: (1) letters and ...
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... servant who is arming him. The entire speech, with its pauses, interruptions, and irresolution (in “Pull't off, I say,” Macbeth orders the servant to remove the armor that the servant has been putting on him), catches Macbeth's ...
... servant who is arming him. The entire speech, with its pauses, interruptions, and irresolution (in “Pull't off, I say,” Macbeth orders the servant to remove the armor that the servant has been putting on him), catches Macbeth's ...
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... Servant, drawing his sword against Cornwall: Nay, then, come on, and take the chance of anger. (3.7.7980) To divine the way in which these lines reticulate is to resolve at least a corner of the mystery which is the play. —RUSSELL ...
... Servant, drawing his sword against Cornwall: Nay, then, come on, and take the chance of anger. (3.7.7980) To divine the way in which these lines reticulate is to resolve at least a corner of the mystery which is the play. —RUSSELL ...
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