Harold Bloom begins his introduction to this text by claiming that nothing in language goes beyond The Tragedy of King Lear. This text includes a brief biography of William Shakespeare, thematic and structural analysis of the play, as well as a host of critical essays by some of the most prominent experts on the text.
This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters.
This is the first fully annotated critical edition of King Lear to appear for forty years. It includes a comprehensive account of Shakespeare's sources and the literary, political, and folkloric influences at work in the play; a detailed reading of the action, and a substantial stage history of major productions. Unlike previous editions, this one does not present a conflation of the Quarto and the Folio, but offers the latter as the authoritative text.
Harold Bloom begins his introduction to this text by claiming that nothing in language goes beyond The Tragedy of King Lear. This text includes a brief biography of William Shakespeare, thematic and structural analysis of the play, as well as a host of critical essays by some of the most prominent experts on the text.
This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters.
This is the first fully annotated critical edition of King Lear to appear for forty years. It includes a comprehensive account of Shakespeare's sources and the literary, political, and folkloric influences at work in the play; a detailed reading of the action, and a substantial stage history of major productions. Unlike previous editions, this one does not present a conflation of the Quarto and the Folio, but offers the latter as the authoritative text.
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Shakespeare: An Overview
p. vii
Biographical Sketch
p. vii
A Note on the Anti-Stratfordians, Especially Baconians and Oxfordians
p. xi
The Shakespeare Canon
p. xv
Shakespeare's English
p. xviii
Shakespeare's Theater
p. xxvi
A Note on the Use of Boy Actors in Female Roles
p. xxxiii
Shakespeare's Dramatic Language: Costumes, Gestures and Silences; Prose and Poetry
p. xxxvi
The Play Text as a Collaboration
p. xliii
Editing Texts
p. xlix
Shakespeare on the Stage
p. liv
Introduction
p. lxiii
The Tragedy of King Lear
p. 1
Textual Note
p. 146
The Date and Sources of King Lear
p. 156
from The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland
p. 159
from Arcadia
p. 162
from The True Chronicle History of King Leir
p. 170
Commentaries
from Preface to Shakespeare and "King Lear"
p. 178
from Shakespearean Tragedy
p. 190
from Prefaces to Shakespeare
p. 208
from King Lear in Out Time
p. 225
The Woman Reader in King Lear
p. 235
Staging Violence in King Lear
p. 245
King Lear on Stage and Screen
p. 249
Suggested References
p. 261
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