The Oxford Shakespeare: The History of King LearThe Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers - a new, modern-spelling text, based on the Quarto text of 1608 - on-page commentary and notes explain meaning, staging, allusions and much else - detailed introduction considers composition, sources, performances and changing critical attitudes to the play - illustrated with production photographs and related art - includes 'The Ballad of King Lear' and related offshoots - full index to introduction and commentary - durable sewn binding for lasting use 'not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare. This is a major achievement of twentieth-century scholarship.' Times Literary Supplement ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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... Play Came From 3 9 14 17 Legend ' King Leir ' ' Arcadia ' 20 26 Other Influences Shaping the Play The Play's Language Early Performance ' King Lear ' as a Text for Readers Performance Texts of ' King Lear ' 27 31 49 56 57 60 Nahum ...
... Play Came From 3 9 14 17 Legend ' King Leir ' ' Arcadia ' 20 26 Other Influences Shaping the Play The Play's Language Early Performance ' King Lear ' as a Text for Readers Performance Texts of ' King Lear ' 27 31 49 56 57 60 Nahum ...
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... play about the legendary British King Lear and his three daughters . How often he drafted and re- drafted his script we do not know ; the version that reached print in 1608 , and which seems to have been his first completed manu- script ...
... play about the legendary British King Lear and his three daughters . How often he drafted and re- drafted his script we do not know ; the version that reached print in 1608 , and which seems to have been his first completed manu- script ...
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... play ' . For centuries , however , no one , including Bradley , had had the chance to see the play performed in anything like a full and un- adapted text , or in conditions remotely approximating to those for which it was written ...
... play ' . For centuries , however , no one , including Bradley , had had the chance to see the play performed in anything like a full and un- adapted text , or in conditions remotely approximating to those for which it was written ...
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... play that may arouse laughter as well as terror , tears as well as awe . This volume offers an edited text of the play based on its first printing , explanatory notes printed below the text , and an intro- ductory essay sketching the play's ...
... play that may arouse laughter as well as terror , tears as well as awe . This volume offers an edited text of the play based on its first printing , explanatory notes printed below the text , and an intro- ductory essay sketching the play's ...
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... play had been given ' upon St Stephen's night ' - 26 December , now known as Boxing Day - ' at Christmas last ' . ( The title ... play's original author , but they dis- play the same level of literary and dramatic accomplishment , and as ...
... play had been given ' upon St Stephen's night ' - 26 December , now known as Boxing Day - ' at Christmas last ' . ( The title ... play's original author , but they dis- play the same level of literary and dramatic accomplishment , and as ...
Contents
Textual Introduction and Editorial Procedures | 81 |
The Ballad of King Lear | 277 |
Alterations to Lineation | 293 |
Common terms and phrases
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