King LearRandom House Publishing Group, 2013 M06 12 - 352 pages A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings–as madness, murder, and the anguish of insight and forgiveness that arrive too late combine to make this an all-embracing tragedy of evil and suffering. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... heavens countenance this reign of injustice on earth? Retribution is late in coming and is not certainly the work of the heavens themselves. For, at the last, we must confront the wanton death of the innocent Cordelia a death no longer ...
... heavens countenance this reign of injustice on earth? Retribution is late in coming and is not certainly the work of the heavens themselves. For, at the last, we must confront the wanton death of the innocent Cordelia a death no longer ...
Page xiii
... heaven” (Matthew 19:21 ); “He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree" (Luke 1:52) ... heavens more just" (3.4.Z8—36). This vision of perfect justice is visionary and utopian, utterly mad, in fact, but ...
... heaven” (Matthew 19:21 ); “He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree" (Luke 1:52) ... heavens more just" (3.4.Z8—36). This vision of perfect justice is visionary and utopian, utterly mad, in fact, but ...
Page xiv
... Heavens, deal so still! / Let the superfluous and lust-dieted man, / That slaves your ordinance, that will not see / Because he does not feel, feel your pow'r quickly! / So distribution should undo excess / And each man have enough ...
... Heavens, deal so still! / Let the superfluous and lust-dieted man, / That slaves your ordinance, that will not see / Because he does not feel, feel your pow'r quickly! / So distribution should undo excess / And each man have enough ...
Page xvi
... heaven exist, and will it let Edmund and the other villainous persons get away with their evil? The question is ... heavens do not their visible spirits / Send quickly down to tame these vile offenses,” says Albany of Lear's ordeal ...
... heaven exist, and will it let Edmund and the other villainous persons get away with their evil? The question is ... heavens do not their visible spirits / Send quickly down to tame these vile offenses,” says Albany of Lear's ordeal ...
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