King LearPenguin, 1998 M06 1 - 352 pages The Signet Classics edition of one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. Full of cruelty and betrayal, King Lear is the timeless and tragic story of a kingdom held in the thrall of an aging ruler’s descent into madness. Desperate for praise, he banishes those who would guide him with honesty and surrounds himself with sycophants—an action that leads to his ultimate downfall.... This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as: • An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater • A special introduction to the play by the editor, Russell Fraser • Selections from Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, and The True Chronicle History of King Lear, the sources from which Shakespeare derived King Lear • Dramatic criticism from Samuel Johnson, A. C. Bradley, John Russell Brown, and others • A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions • Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable text • And more... |
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... doth, hath, and saith. The -eth ending (regularly used in the King James Bible, 1611) is very rare in Shakespeare's dramatic prose, though not surprisingly it occurs twice in the rather formal prose summary of the narrative poem Lucrece ...
... doth, hath, and saith. The -eth ending (regularly used in the King James Bible, 1611) is very rare in Shakespeare's dramatic prose, though not surprisingly it occurs twice in the rather formal prose summary of the narrative poem Lucrece ...
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... doth love us most, That we our largest bounty may extend Where nature doth with merit challenge.° Goneril, Our eldest-born, speak first. Goneril. Sir, I love you more than word can wield° the matter; Dearer than eyesight, space° and ...
... doth love us most, That we our largest bounty may extend Where nature doth with merit challenge.° Goneril, Our eldest-born, speak first. Goneril. Sir, I love you more than word can wield° the matter; Dearer than eyesight, space° and ...
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... doth, within a dull, stale, tired bed, Go to th' creating a whole tribe of fops° Got° 'tween asleep and wake? Well then, Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land. Our father's love is to the bastard Edmund As to th' legitimate. Fine word ...
... doth, within a dull, stale, tired bed, Go to th' creating a whole tribe of fops° Got° 'tween asleep and wake? Well then, Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land. Our father's love is to the bastard Edmund As to th' legitimate. Fine word ...
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... like a tavern or a brothel Than a graced° palace. The shame itself doth speak For instant remedy. Be then desired° By her, that else will take the thing she begs, A little to disquantity your train,° And the remainders° that.
... like a tavern or a brothel Than a graced° palace. The shame itself doth speak For instant remedy. Be then desired° By her, that else will take the thing she begs, A little to disquantity your train,° And the remainders° that.
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