King Lear

Critics

• Do-It-Yourself Lear

  At the World Shakespeare Congress held in Washington, DC in April 1976, Michael Warren read a short paper on “Quarto and Folio King Lear and the Interpretation of Albany and Edgar”[^1]—a paper hailed by some as the start of a new era in textual studi ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Wed, 25 Aug 2010

• Lear for Real

  “You mean Cordelia dies in the end?” a little girl exclaims in protest in the seat behind me, moments before the lights dim. Her father has been whispering a synopsis, and has thus casually administered the same shock of injustice that so perturbed S ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Sun, 22 Aug 2010

3 Reviews

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  Capital in the great shakespearian dramatic era, probably it's the greatest one with Macbeth too. King Lear is all a big metaphor about the hierarchies' twisting and human crisis. In this drama sub plot is the real transfiguration of the main one, there's a complex philosphical inquiry behind all fi ... (continue)

  Capital in the great shakespearian dramatic era, probably it's the greatest one with Macbeth too. King Lear is all a big metaphor about the hierarchies' twisting and human crisis. In this drama sub plot is the real transfiguration of the main one, there's a complex philosphical inquiry behind all figures and it makes reading absorbing.

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  monumentale, struggente, alchemico. "Ripeness is all"

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  Gualtiero said on Jul 7, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  Rating is for the edition, rather than the play itself. This is my favourite of the various different Shakespeare editions I've ever picked up. It's got a great deal of extra information for the reader, including several summaries (scene by scene, act by act, and an overview of the play).

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• English Books
• Paperback 246 Pages
• ISBN-10: 041502692X
• ISBN-13: 9780415026925
• Publisher: Routledge (Arden Shakespeare)
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1989
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Softcover, Unbound, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 和書, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani, Nederlandse Boeken

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