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King Lear - A Guide to the Play

English · Hardback

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In its timeless exploration of familial and political dissolution, and in its relentless questioning of the apparent moral indifference of the universe, King Lear is Shakespeare's darkest tragedy. It is also one of his most timely, for many of the issues it raises resonate loudly within our own era. Perhaps because of its contemporary relevance, it is one of Shakespeare's most frequently produced, taught, and studied works. And the amount of scholarship on King Lear is exceeded only be the complexity which that scholarship reveals. This book is a lucid and thorough guide to the play's roots and legacy.

The volume begins with a discussion of the play's textual history, which is complicated by the different quarto and folio versions. It also addresses the merits of several recent editions. The book then looks at the literary, historical, and cultural contexts that inform the play. This is followed by an examination of Shakespeare's dramatic art, an analysis of the play's themes, and a summary of the different approaches critics have used to elucidate its meaning. A final chapter explores the play's rich production history, and a selected bibliography concludes the volume. As a guide, this reference successfully navigates the tremendous body of available scholarship and is a ready aid for a wide range of readers.

List of contents










Preface
Textual History
Contexts and Sources
Dramatic Structure
Themes
Critical Approaches
The Play in Performance
Bibliography
Index


About the author

JAY L. HALIO is Professor of English at the University of Delaware. He is the author of more than 20 books, editions, and collections of essays, not only on Shakespeare and his contemporaries, but also on modern American and British literature. His many publications on Shakespeare include folio and quarto editions of King Lear for the New Cambridge Shakespeare, an edition of The Merchant of Venice for the New Oxford Shakespeare, scholarly books on Shakespeare in performance, and numerous articles in journals such as Shakespeare Quarterly and Shakespeare Bulletin.

Product details

Authors Jay L. Halio, Jay leon Halio
Publisher Bloomsbury
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation ages 7 to 17
Product format Hardback
Released 30.09.2001
 
EAN 9780313316180
ISBN 978-0-313-31618-0
No. of pages 152
Weight 340 g
Series Greenwood Guides to Shakespeare
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama

English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, The Arts: Drama

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