King Lear (Wordsworth Classics)
King Lear (Wordsworth Classics)
William Shakespeare
Love and hate, loyalty and treachery, cruelty and self-sacrifice: all these contend in a tempestuous drama which has become an enduring classic of the world's literature.
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Summary
Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
The Wordsworth Classics’ Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare’s works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.
King Lear has been widely acclaimed as Shakespeare’s most powerful tragedy. Elemental and passionate, it encompasses the horrific and the heart-rending. Love and hate, loyalty and treachery, cruelty and self-sacrifice: all these contend in a tempestuous drama which has become an enduring classic of the world’s literature. In the theatre and on screen King Lear continues to challenge and enthral.
This Wordsworth edition of King Lear provides a comprehensive, integrated text of the play.
Product Description
Title - King Lear (Wordsworth Classics)
Edition -
Author - William Shakespeare
ISBN 13 - 9781853260957
Imprint - Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Publisher - Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date Published - 05/03/1994
Prize -
No. of pages - 176
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 9mm
Weight - 116 g
Languages - English