The Tragedy of King Lear

The Tragedy of King Lear
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2008
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781586171377

One of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays, King Lear is also one of the most thought-provoking. The play turns on the practical ramifications of the words of Christ that we should render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's. When confronted with the demand that she should render unto Caesar that which is God's, Cordelia chooses to "love and be silent". As the play unfolds each of the principal characters learns wisdom through suffering. This edition includes new critical essays by some of the leading lights in contemporary literary scholarship.

King Lear

King Lear
Author: Kevin J. Donovan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2023-01-26
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1350128430

This volume documents the reception and interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear by critics, editors and general readers from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. Following an introduction which provides an historical account of the play's critical reception from the earliest times to the present day, the volume presents a selection of original documents, together with contextual head notes and biographical sketches of the authors and a rationale for their selection, as well as a list of suggested further reading. The chronological arrangement of the text-excerpts engages the readers in a direct and unbiased dialogue, whereas the introduction offers a critical evaluation from a current stance, including modern theories and methods. Thus the volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the play and of the traditions of Shakespearean criticism surrounding it as they have developed from century to century.

Shakespeare Survey

Shakespeare Survey
Author: Stanley Wells
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2002-11-28
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521523844

The first fifty volumes of this yearbook of Shakespeare studies are being reissued in paperback.

King Lear

King Lear
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1785
Genre:
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Shakespeare Survey: Volume 55, King Lear and Its Afterlife

Shakespeare Survey: Volume 55, King Lear and Its Afterlife
Author: Peter Holland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2002-10-24
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780521815871

Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of criticism and performance. For the first time, numbers 1-50 are being reissued in paperback.

New Woman in Indian Literature: From Covert to Overt

New Woman in Indian Literature: From Covert to Overt
Author: Dipak Giri
Publisher: Vishwabharati Research Centre, Latur, Maharashtra, India
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9387966747

Since there was hardly any book written on the concept of ‘New Woman’ compiling the works of Indian English writers, the author had long-felt desire to bring out a compact volume in this field. The present volume is like a dream come true as it prepares the solid ground for the long-cherished desire of the author. The book New Woman in Indian English Literature: From Covert to Overt is an attempt to combining the varied shapes of new emerging trend of womanhood in Indian English Literature into a single whole. The book covers twenty six well explored articles on this recent trend of writing which has been fast growing since last few decades. The contributing authors are very deep, sincere and reflective in the articulation of their original ideas and views. Authors are hopeful that the book will bring into focus many new things and ideas yet to be explored and thus will be useful to critical minds.

Shakespeare's King Lear

Shakespeare's King Lear
Author: S. Nagarajan
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2017-05-11
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1443893455

Shakespeare’s King Lear is often called his mightiest play. This comprehensive edition by S. Nagarajan (who edited the evergreen Signet edition of Measure for Measure) presents a lifetime of scholarship on Shakespeare and fifteen years of research specifically on Lear. Accessibly written, this edition serves the reader who has access to well-stocked libraries and lively theatres, as well as the student whose resources are more limited. The play-text is a conflation of the Quarto text and the First Folio text, and the notes provide a generous but discreet selection of alternative readings of lines and contexts. In ten erudite essays, Nagarajan provides a thoroughly researched picture of Shakespeare’s sources for the play, his unique use of language, Elizabethan theatre, history and values of the play, analysis of enigmatic scenes, glimpses into its performance history and other subjects, with special attention to Indian dramatic art theory. This edition is the first to bring together both the best scholarship on Lear to date and perspectives from Indian poetics and philosophy. The result is a text that robustly includes, but goes beyond, Anglophone cultures and Euro-American experiences, making it truly representative of Lear’s global stage.

Sovereign Shame

Sovereign Shame
Author: William F. Zak
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1984
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780838750568

This study of King Lear emphasizes the fact that Cordelia Kent, and the Fool create a loving community from which Lear persistently flees, and seeks to explain his bizarre behavior not, as is sometimes done, by attributing unconscious incestuous desires to him, but by demonstrating that Lear's profound and tyrannizing shame originates in his metaphysical dread of personal worthlessness and a deep sense of being unworthy of love.