The history of King Lear

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Title:

The history of King Lear

Author:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

ISBN:

9780192839923

Personal Author:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Publication Information:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001, c2000.

Physical Description:

x, 321 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Series:

Oxford world's classics

The Oxford Shakespeare

General Note:

Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon, 2000.

Subject Term:

Lear, King (Legendary character) -- Drama.

Added Author:

Taylor, Gary, 1953-

Wells, Stanley, 1930-

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Library	Material Type	Item Barcode	Shelf Number	Copy	Status
Searching... 1:IIEMSA	1:GEN-BOOK	33168025428968	822.33 S527H 2001	1	Searching... Unknown

The 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

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