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King Lear’s tragic story, explored with expert commentary and modern insights.
The History of King Lear: The Oxford Shakespeare
The Oxford Shakespeare the History of King Lear
$19.59
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2008
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Summary
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 rela…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199535828 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199535825 |
| Author: | William Shakespeare, Stanley Wells |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2008 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 129mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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`‘This is a supremely student-friendly edition that will have far-reaching implications. Teachers throughout the English-speaking world will soon begin adopting Wells’s edition for their courses.“Eric Rasmussen, Shakespeare Survey
About The Author
William Shakespeare
Stanley Wells ran the Oxford Shakespeare Department within OUP while the Complete Works was in preparation. He is a former Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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