King LearPenguin Books, 1970 - 175 pages "King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and purblind Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear's failure as a father engulfs himself and his world in turmoil and tragedy." "Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary, pronunciation, and prosody and provides alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations give readers all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. Raffel provides an introductory essay, and in a concluding essay Harold Bloom examines Lear, who, though possessed of Jobean dignity, is rather unlike Job, since Lear so determinedly brings about his own suffering."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... quarto volume sold by Nathaniel Butter at his shop at the Pied Bull . Its text was re- produced in 1619 in a quarto falsely dated 1608. Various theories have been offered to explain the nature of the Pied Bull text , the most recent ...
... quarto volume sold by Nathaniel Butter at his shop at the Pied Bull . Its text was re- produced in 1619 in a quarto falsely dated 1608. Various theories have been offered to explain the nature of the Pied Bull text , the most recent ...
Page 168
... quarto ver- sion , although inferior in the main , is of great literary interest . The essential material for a comparison of the verbal features of the two versions is here supplied . Mechanically , the quarto text is very defective ...
... quarto ver- sion , although inferior in the main , is of great literary interest . The essential material for a comparison of the verbal features of the two versions is here supplied . Mechanically , the quarto text is very defective ...
Page 169
... quarto but omitted from the folio are passages totalling approximately 283 lines - inserted in square brackets in ... quarto : I , i , 214 best 289 not 129 Edgar 130 and 166 Go armed II , i , 71 ay III , iv , 127 had IV , vii , 24 not V ...
... quarto but omitted from the folio are passages totalling approximately 283 lines - inserted in square brackets in ... quarto : I , i , 214 best 289 not 129 Edgar 130 and 166 Go armed II , i , 71 ay III , iv , 127 had IV , vii , 24 not V ...
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Alack ALBANY ALFRED HARBAGE arms art thou bastard bear Bedlam blessing blood brother Burgundy codpiece Cordelia CORNWALL daughter dear death Dost thou doth Dover Duke Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwall Earl of Gloucester EDMUND Enter Edgar Enter Gloucester Enter Kent Enter Lear evil Exeunt Exit eyes father fear Flibbertigibbet folio fool fortune foul fiend France GENTLEMAN give GLOUCESTER EDGAR Gloucester's castle gods GONERIL grace hast hath hear heart heavens hither honor I'ld justice King Lear knave lady LEAR Enter Lear's letter look lord madam master MESSENGER nature never night noble nuncle pity play poor poor Tom Pray Prithee quarto reason REGAN Servants Shakespeare shalt sirrah sister sorrow speak stand sword tell thee There's thine things thou art thou dost traitor true trumpet villain wawl William Shakespeare word ΙΟΙ