An edition of King Lear (1608)

Shakespeare's King Lear

Riverhead trade pbk. ed.

by William Shakespeare

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An edition of King Lear (1608)

Shakespeare's King Lear

Riverhead trade pbk. ed.

by William Shakespeare

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King Lear divides his kingdom among the two daughters who flatter him and banishes the third one who loves him. His eldest daughters both then reject him at their homes, so Lear goes mad and wanders through a storm. His banished daughter returns with an army, but they lose the battle and Lear, all his daughters and more, die.

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Publish Date

2005

Publisher

Riverhead Books

Language

English

Pages

181

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08 The History Of King Lear 2000, Oxford University in English	eeee Preview Only
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16 King Lear 1959, Harvard University Press in English - The Arden Edition	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
17 The Tragedy of King Lear 1958, Pelican in English	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
18 King Lear 1940, Ginn in English	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
19 The tragedy of King Lear 1940, Ginn and company in English	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
20 King Lear 1935, J. M. Dent & Sons, E. P. Dutton in English	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
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Edition Notes

"The essay "King Lear" was previously published as part of Shakespeare : the invention of the Human, by Harold Bloom"--T.p verso.
Includes a full text of the play.

Published in: New York
Genre: Drama.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class: 822.3/3
Library of Congress: PR2819 .B58 2005, PR2819.B58 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination: 181 p. ;
Number of pages: 181

Edition Identifiers

Open Library: OL3422530M
Internet Archive: shakespearesking0000bloo
ISBN 10: 1594480893
LCCN: 2005044231
OCLC/WorldCat: 59401549
LibraryThing: 10242
Goodreads: 267548

Work Identifiers

Work ID: OL259026W

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King Lear is widely regarded as Shakespeare's most intense, profound and powerful tragedy.

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