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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... play's double structure suggests another duality central to King Lear: an opposition of parable and realism, in ... play derives its story from folklore and legend, with many of the wondrous and implausible circumstances of popular ...
... play's double structure suggests another duality central to King Lear: an opposition of parable and realism, in ... play derives its story from folklore and legend, with many of the wondrous and implausible circumstances of popular ...
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... play's end, but also provided a love interest throughout between Edgar and Cordelia (leaving out France and Burgundy entirely). The love story gave the play a muchdesired romantic titillation. It also, in Tate's view, gave a better ...
... play's end, but also provided a love interest throughout between Edgar and Cordelia (leaving out France and Burgundy entirely). The love story gave the play a muchdesired romantic titillation. It also, in Tate's view, gave a better ...
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... play's emotional dynamics. Trevor Nunn lessened the radical pessimism of Brook's version in his production on a virtually bare stage in 1968 at Stratford-upon-Avon, capturing the agony of Lear's experience and allowing an audience to ...
... play's emotional dynamics. Trevor Nunn lessened the radical pessimism of Brook's version in his production on a virtually bare stage in 1968 at Stratford-upon-Avon, capturing the agony of Lear's experience and allowing an audience to ...
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... play for his father that is supposed to cure his despair. Edgar's theatricality, his changes of costume and voice, his ... play's unsurpassed power can be fully experienced. KING LEAR ON FILM ¢§DC§7 Shakespeare could not, of course,. KING ...
... play for his father that is supposed to cure his despair. Edgar's theatricality, his changes of costume and voice, his ... play's unsurpassed power can be fully experienced. KING LEAR ON FILM ¢§DC§7 Shakespeare could not, of course,. KING ...
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... play's opening scene is a model of inspired acting. The setting is the ancient Britain of Stonehenge, shrouded in druid ic mystery and fog. The storm scenes, though marred by the noises of the violent storm to the point of overwhelming ...
... play's opening scene is a model of inspired acting. The setting is the ancient Britain of Stonehenge, shrouded in druid ic mystery and fog. The storm scenes, though marred by the noises of the violent storm to the point of overwhelming ...
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Alack ALBANY bastard blind brother Burgundy Charles Dickens Child Rowland Cordelia CORNWALL D. H. Lawrence daughters dear death disguised doth Dover Duke Duke of Cornwall Edith Wharton Edmund Enter Edgar Enter Lear Exeunt Exit eyes father fear film flatter folio follow FOOL fortune France Fyodor Dostoevsky GENTLEMAN give Gloucester's gods GONERIL Goneril and Regan grace hast hath hear heart heavens honor horse i'th Jane Austen justice KENT King Lear kingdom knave Lear's Leir Leonatus letter lord madam master means MESSENGER nature never night noble nuncle Perillus pity play play's Plexirtus poor pray princes quarto RAGAN REGAN royal scene servants Shakespeare sister Skalliger speak stage stand storm Stratford-upon-Avon suffering sword Telenor tell theater thee There's thine thou art traitor trumpet unto villain wicked sisters William Shakespeare wretched