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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A fully annotated, modern-spelling version of the Quarto (1608) andFolio (1623) texts of King Lear, re-examining the continuing textual and bibliographical debate on the relationship between the two texts. The two versions are printed in parallel on facing pages and on-the-page annotations identify and elucidate their major differences. no reviews | add a review
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This reissed edition of Longman Annotated Texts King Lear includes comprehensive notes, annotations and an introduction, all designed to be of use to undergraduates and interested readers. King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most widely studied tragedies. However, since the late 1970s textual scholars, critics and editors have argued that there is no single 'King Lear' text. Anyone studying the play needs to be aware of two different texts, one based on the quarto of 1608, The History of King Lear, and a revised version published in the first folio of 1623, The Tragedy of King Lear. This edition offers a fully annotated, modern spelling version of the texts set side by side, identifying and elucidating the major discrepancies between the two. It presents some possible reasons for the differences between the two texts, which themselves shed light on a number of issues relating to literary transmission in the Renaissance and give an insight into the nature of performance and censorship. No library descriptions found. |
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)822.3Literature English & Old English literatures English drama Elizabethan 1558-1625LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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