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9780198182900

The History of King Lear The Oxford Shakespeare The History of King Lear

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198182900

  • ISBN10:

    0198182902

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-12-28
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

King Lear , widely considered Shakespeare's most deeply moving, passionately expressed, and intellectually ambitious play, has almost always been edited from the revised version printed in the First Folio of 1623, with additions from the quarto of 1608. Acting on recent discoveries, this volume presents the first full, scholarly edition to be based firmly on the quarto, now recognized as the base text from which all others derive. A thorough, attractively written introduction suggests how the work grew slowly in Shakespeare's imagination, fed by years of reading, thinking, and experience as a practical dramatist. Analysis of the great range of literary and other sources from which he shaped the tragedy, and of its critical and theatrical history, indicates that the play felt as shocking and original to early audiences as it does now. Its challenges have often been evaded, notably in Nahum Tate's notorious adaptation. During the twentieth century, however, deeper understanding of the conventions of Shakespeare's theatre restored confidence in the theatrical viability of his original text, while the play has also generated a remarkable range of offshoots in film, television, the visual arts, music, and literature. The commentary to this edition offers detailed help in understanding the language and dramaturgy in relation to the theatres in which King Lear was first performed. Additional sections reprint the early ballad, ignored by all modern editors, which was among its earliest derivatives, and provide additional guides to understanding and appreciating one of the greatest masterworks of Western civilization.

Author Biography


Stanley Wells ran the Oxford Shakespeare Dept. within OUP for the years in which the Complete Works were in preparation; and he is the general editor of The Oxford Shakespeare/Oxford World's Classics Shakespeare series in which the present volume appears. He is also co-general editor of the new Oxford Shakespeare Topics series. Formerly Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, he is now Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Professor Emeritus in the University of Birmingham.
Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor were the general editors of the Oxford Complete Works of Shakespeare.
Gary Taylor [WHOSE TEXT WAS USED, WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS, FOR THE PRESENT EDITION] is co-general-editor of the forthcoming Oxford Thomas Middleton edition.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Introduction 1(2)
What Shakespeare Wrote
3(6)
When Shakespeare Wrote `King Lear'
9(5)
Where the Play Came From
14(3)
Legend
17(14)
`King Leir'
20(6)
`Arcadia'
26(1)
Other Influences
27(4)
Shaping the Play
31(18)
The Play's Language
49(7)
Early Performance
56(1)
`King Lear' as a Text for Readers
57(3)
Performance Texts of `King Lear'
60(2)
Nahum Tate's Adaptation
62(7)
Return to Shakespeare
69(6)
Interpretation in Performance
75(6)
Textual Introduction and Editorial Procedures 81(222)
Abbreviations and References
88(7)
The History Of King Lear
95(208)
The Ballad of King Lear
277(9)
Offshoots of `King Lear'
286(7)
Alterations to Lineation
293(10)
Index 303

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