King Lear (Arden Shakespeare, Third Series) / Edition 3

by William Shakespeare, R.A. Foakes, Ann Thompson, David Scott Kastan, H. R. Woudhuysen

Overview

'By far the best edition of King Lear - in respect of both textual and other matters - that we now have.'John Lyon, English Language Notes'This volume is a treasure-trove of precise information and stimulating comments on practically every aspect of the Lear-universe. I know of no other edition which I would recommend with such confidence: to students, professional colleagues and also the 'educated public'.'Dieter Mehl, Shakespeare Jahrbuch, vol 134

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781903436592
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/09/1997
Series:	Arden Shakespeare Series , #9
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	5.02(w) x 7.88(h) x 0.97(d)

About the Author

R. A. Foakes is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has also taught or held fellowships at Yale, Birmingham, Durham, Kent, Toronto, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Australian National University, Canberra. He has written extensively on King Lear in his book, Hamlet versus Lear: Cultural Politics and Shakespeare's Art.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

List of illustrations General Editor preface Acknowledgements Introduction - Reading and staging King Lear - Responses and reworkings - The inception of King Lear - Texts of King Lear - Revisions and adaptation in King Lear - Casting in King Lear - Usages in this edition KING LEAR Appendix 1: Two textual problems Appendix 2: Lineation Abbreviations and References Index