King Lear

THE ARDEN SHAKESPEARE

HAMLET.

Edited by Edmund K. Chambers, B. A., Oxford. MACBETH.

Edited by Edmund K. Chambers, B. A., Oxford. JULIUS CAESAR.

Edited by Arthur D. Innes, M. A., Oxford. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.

Edited by H. L. Withers, B. A., Oxford. TWELFTH NIGHT.

Edited by Arthur D. Innes, M. A., Oxford. AS YOU LIKE IT.

Edited by J. C. Smith, M. A., Edinburgh. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

Edited by Edmund K. Chambers, B. A., Oxford. CYMBELINE.

Edited by A. J. Wyatt, M. A., Cambridge. THE TEMPEST.

Edited by F. S. Boas, M. A., Oxford.

KING JOHN.

Edited by G. C. Moore Smith, M. A., Cambridge. RICHARD II.

Edited by C. H. Herford, L. H. D., Cambridge. RICHARD III.

Edited by George Macdonald, M. A., Oxford. HENRY IV - FIRST PART.

Edited by F. W. Moorman, B. A., Yorkshire College. HENRY V.

Edited by G. C. Moore Smith, M. A., Cambridge. HENRY VIII.

Edited by D. Nichol Smith, M. A., Edinburgh. CORIOLANUS.

A., Oxford.

Edited by Edmund K. Chambers, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

Edited by J. C. Smith, M. A., Edinburgh. KING LEAR.

Edited by D. Nichol Smith, M. A., Edinburgh.

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KING LEAR

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INTRODUCTION-

CONTENTS

1. History of the Play

2. The Date of the Play

3. The Sources of the Incidents -

4. Critical Appreciation

APPENDIX A-THE SOURCES OF THE PLOT

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APPENDIX B-NOTE ON THE Metre of King Lear - 153

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