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A collection of critical essays on King Lear. The book's introduction discusses the textual difficulties with the work, outlining the history and details of the two text hypothesis, in which Shakespeare rewrote the play after its initial performance, as well as giving an overview of late 20th-century response to the play. The collection of critical essays reflect the same considerations - the textual problem and recent critical discussions - from a variety of points of view, culled from dozens of scholarly journals, both American and published abroad.