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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462480403321

Titolo

King Lear : a critical guide / / edited by Andrew Hiscock and Lisa Hopkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2011

ISBN

1-4725-5499-X

1-4411-3803-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Collana

Continuum Renaissance drama

Disciplina

822.3/3

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [200]-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: King Lear 1606-2009 / Rene Weis -- The critical backstory / Joan Fitzpatrick -- King Lear : performance traditions/interpretive positions / Ramona Wray -- The current state of thinking on King Lear / Philippa Kelly -- New directions : promised end?  King Lear and the suicide-trick / Lori Anne Ferrell -- New directions : 'The wisdom of nature's : ecological perspectives in King Lear / Anthony Parr -- New directions : King Lear and Protestantism / John J. Norton -- Critical review : 'Great thing of us forgot'? : new British angles on King Lear / Willy Maley -- King Lear : resources / Peter Sillitoe.

Sommario/riassunto

Comprehensive critical guide to King Lear, including critical and performance history, adaptation, new directions in research and an annotated bibiliography.