King lear

Klappentext The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal. King Lear has been widely acclaimed as Shakespeare's most powerful tragedy. Elemental and passionate, it encompasses the horrific and the heart-rending. Love and hate, loyalty and treachery, cruelty and self-sacrifice: all these contend in a tempestuous drama which has become an enduring classic of the world's literature. In the theatre and on screen King Lear continues to challenge and enthral. This Wordsworth edition of King Lear provides a comprehensive, integrated text of the play. Zusammenfassung Love and hate! loyalty and treachery! cruelty and self-sacrifice: all these contend in a tempestuous drama which has become an enduring classic of the world's literature.

Product details

• Authors: Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Keith Carabine (Editor), Cedric Watts (Editor), Professor Cedric Watts (Editor), Keith Carabine (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Wordsworth
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.1994
• EAN: 9781853260957
• ISBN: 978-1-85326-095-7
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Wordsworth Classics; Wadsworth Collection; Wordsworth Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / Shakespeare, Classic & pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays