King Lear : a parallel text edition /: a parallel text edition. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by René Weis.
• Other Names: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Weis, René, 1953-
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of plates; Acknowledgements; Publisher's acknowledgements; Introduction; I; II; Albany and Edgar: the problem of the final speech-heading; Albany; Lear's death; The Fool; The Fool's monopoly: 1.4.130-45; The wild geese, Aesop's ant, and Merlin's prophecy: 2.4 and 3.2; The Fool, Edgar and Lear: from folly to madness; The mock-trial in 3.6; Edgar and the soliloquy at the end of 3.6; Censorship and the war; Kent's 'two' versions of the war in 3.1; Q's version of 3.1; The two-text 'Lear' and theatrical performance. IIITextual hypotheses: the 'Lear' debate; The integral King Lear: its war and variants of convergence; (1) The War Revisited: Act 4 Scene 3 and Act 3 Scene 1; (2) Q/F Variants and Palaeographic Clues to an Integral Lear Text; Inclining towards Folio; Six Folio readings in search of the 1606 promptbook; Aesthetic judgements and editorial tools; Note on the text and annotations; The Texts; Quarto Dramatis Personae; Quarto Text; [Act 1 Scene 1]; [Act 1 Scene 2]; [Act 1 Scene 3]; [Act 1 Scene 4]; [Act 1 Scene 5]; [Act 2 Scene 1]; [Act 2 Scene 2]; [Act 2 Scene 3]; [Act 2 Scene 4]; [Act 3 Scene 1]. [Act 3 Scene 2][Act 3 Scene 3]; [Act 3 Scene 4]; [Act 3 Scene 5]; [Act 3 Scene 6]; [Act 3 Scene 7]; [Act 4 Scene 1]; [Act 4 Scene 2]; [Act 4 Scene 3]; [Act 4 Scene 4]; [Act 4 Scene 5]; [Act 4 Scene 6]; [Act 4 Scene 7]; [Act 5 Scene 1]; [Act 5 Scene 2]; [Act 5 Scene 3]; Folio Dramatis Personae; Folio Text; Act 1 Scene 1; Act 1 Scene 2; Act 1 Scene 3; Act 1 Scene 4; [Act 1 Scene 5]; Act 2 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 2; [Act 2 Scene 3]; [Act 2 Scene 4]; Act 3 Scene 1; Act 3 Scene 2; Act 3 Scene 3; Act 3 Scene 4; Act 3 Scene 5; Act 3 Scene 6; Act 3 Scene 7; Act 4 Scene 1; Act 4 Scene 2; Act 4 Scene 3. Act 4 Scene 4Act 4 Scene 5; [Act 4 Scene 6]; Act 5 Scene 1; Act 5 Scene 2; Act 5 Scene 3; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Harlow, England New York : Longman/Pearson
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 346 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 822.3/3; Inheritance and succession -- Drama; Fathers and daughters -- Drama; Kings and rulers -- Drama; Aging parents -- Drama; Britons -- Drama; DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Aging parents; Britons; Fathers and daughters; Inheritance and succession; Kings and rulers; Electronic books; Drama; Drama
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317863298; 1317863291; 1315833913; 9781315833910
• Related ISBNs: 9781408204122; 1408204126
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.