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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: KING LEAR
ESSAYS, ARTICLES, REVIEWS |
| By: |
Susan Bruce (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£30.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0231115288 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780231115285 |
| Publisher: |
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
6 January, 1999 |
| Series: |
Columbia Critical Guides |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Nearly three centuries of Lear criticism provide insight into the play's merit and its place within Shakespeare's work and the canon of English literature. Highlights include excerpts from the neoclassical and Romantic receptions of King Lear -- material from John Dryden, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Victor Hugo -- and a discussion of recent trends in criticism of the play. |
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Analyzes the play's scholarly reception from the late 17th century to the late 20th, with long excerpts from examples of each period and approach. Covers neo-classicism, Romanticism, Realism during the 19th century, the shift from Christianity to chaos through the first half of the 20th century, and |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Columbia University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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