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King Lear: New Critical Essays Paperback - 2014
by Jeffrey Kahan (Editor)
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- Title King Lear: New Critical Essays
- Author Jeffrey Kahan (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 374
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- Date 2014
- ISBN 9781138011519 / 1138011517
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- Cultural Region: British
- Dewey Decimal Code 822.33
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Paperback / softback. New. Is King Lear an autonomous text, or a rewrite of the earlier and anonymous play King Leir? Should we refer to Shakespeare's original quarto when discussing the play, the revised folio text, or the popular composite version, stitched together by Alexander Pope in 1725? What of its stage variations? When turning from page to stage, the critical view on King Lear is skewed by the fact that for almost half of the four hundred years the play has been performed, audiences preferred Naham Tate's optimistic adaptation, in which Lear and Cordelia live happily ever after. When discussing King Lear, the question of what comprises 'the play' is both complex and fragmentary. These issues of identity and authenticity across time and across mediums are outlined, debated, and considered critically by the contributors to this volume. Using a variety of approaches, from postcolonialism and New Historicism to psychoanalysis and gender studies, the leading international…
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