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The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers - a new modern-spelling text based on the Quarto text of 1608 - on-page commentary and notes explain meaning staging allusions and much else - detailed introduction considers composition sources performances and changing critical attitudes to the play - illustrated with production photographs and related art - includes 'The Ballad of King Lear' and related offshoots - full index to introduction and commentary - durable sewn binding for lasting use 'not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare. This is a major achievement of twentieth-century scholarship.' Times Literary Supplement ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more.
TITLE: The History of King Lear: The Oxford Shakespeare
AUTHOR: William Shakespeare
SKU: 9780199535828
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 17/04/2008
PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom
PAGES: 336
BINDING: Paperback / softback
LANGUAGE: English
DIMENSIONS: 129 mm x 196 mm x 17 mm
WEIGHT: 356 gr