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PublisherBroadview Press

ISBN-101551119676

ISBN-139781551119670

eBay Product ID (ePID)72994996

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameKing Lear

LanguageEnglish

SubjectShakespeare, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaDrama

AuthorWilliam Shakespeare

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight11.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

ReviewsThe Broadview chooses the Folio as the basic text, but, significantly, adds notes throughout that point out the differences appearing in the Quarto version. In addition, in the case of the three scenes in which differences are most pronounced, the anthology prints both Folio and Quarto versions side by side. This method opens up illuminating and exciting possibilities in the classroom.... I regard the unhesitating confrontation with the difficulties of King Lear that is shown by the Broadview editors as a microcosmic illustration of the toughness, determination, and conscientiousness of the editors throughout this entire British literature anthology.

Dewey Edition19

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal822.3/3

Table Of ContentIntroduction William Shakespeare 1564-1616 King Lear King Lear In Context The Shakespearean Theater The Swan Theatre Titus Andronicus in Performance The Plot of an Elizabethan Play Early Editions of King Lear Source Material from Geoffrey of Monmouth, The History of the Kings of Britain(12th century) Cap o' Rushes from Anonymous, The True Chronicle History of King Leir and his Three Daughters(1605) from Raphael Holinshed, The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland(1577, 1587) from Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene(1590) The Annesley Case from Samuel Harsnett, A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures(1603) King Learon Stage in the Seventeenth Century from Richard Johnson, "The Ballad of King Lear and his Three Daughters" (1620) from Nahum Tate, The History of King Lear(1681)

SynopsisThe text of the play included here, prepared by Craig Walker for The Broadview Anthology of British Literature, has been acclaimed for its outstanding introductory material and annotations, and for its inclusion of parellel text versions of key scenes for which the texts of the Quarto and the Folio versions of the play are substantially different. Also included in this edition are excerpts from a variety of literary source materials (including Geoffrey on Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, the anonymous True Chronicle Historie of King Leir, and Samuel Harsnett's A Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures); material on the historical Annesley case that raised many of the same issues as does Shakespeare's play; and the happy ending from Nahum Tate's version of the play, which held the stage for 150 years after its first performance in 1681., Shakespeare's greatest play is presented with annotation and introductory materials closely based on those found in The Broadview Anthology of British Literature, as well as an expanded selection of contextual materials.