King Lear / [William Shakespeare] ; edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom ; volume editor, Neil Heims.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Contributor:

Heims, Neil.

Bloom, Harold.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Bloom's Shakespeare through the ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.

Shakespeare, William.

Lear, King of England (Legendary character)--Drama.

Lear.

Lear, King of England (Legendary character).

Inheritance and succession--Drama.

Inheritance and succession.

Fathers and daughters--Drama.

Fathers and daughters.

Kings and rulers--Drama.

Kings and rulers.

Aging parents--Drama.

Aging parents.

Britons--Drama.

Britons.

Genre:

Drama.

Tragedies.

Physical Description:

xii, 356 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, [2008]

Summary:

This remarkable edition features a newly edited text of King Lear based on the earliest printed text of the play, along with detailed notes and performance annotations. An integrated audio CD showcases the deeper understanding and enjoyment from the power of performance.HearReadSee: -- Hear recordings of great contemporary and historical performances of key scenes from the play.-- Read about a modern production, from the director's point of view.-- See production notes and photos alongside the text that takes you inside the stage experience.-- See photos from contemporary stage productions and movie adaptations.-- Read and see how a modern cast approaches the play, from interviews with the actors.-- Hear and read about how a legendary voice coach (previously from the RSC) approaches the text and works with actors on Speaking Shakespeare.Narrated by Sir Derek JacobiText Editor: Douglas Brooks (Texas A&M)

Contents:

Biography of William Shakespeare 1

Summary of King Lear 5

Key Passages in King Lear 23

List of Characters in King Lear 49

Criticism through the Ages 51

King Lear in the Seventeenth Century 53

1681-Nahum Tate. From The History of King Lear 54

1699-James Drake. From The Antient and Modern Stages Surveyed 71

King Lear in the Eighteenth Century 73

1710-Charles Gildon. From Remarks on the Plays of Shakespear 74

1715-Lewis Theobald. "Remarks on King Lear," from The Censor 75

1735-Aaron Hill. From The Prompter 79

1753-Joseph Warton. From The Adventurer 83

1768-Samuel Johnson. From Notes on Shakespear's Plays 93

1775-Elizabeth Griffith. "Lear," from The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated 95

1784-William Richardson. "On the Dramatic Character of King Lear," from Essays on Some of Shakespeare's Dramatic Characters 96

King Lear in the Nineteenth Century 99

1809-August Wilhelm Schlegel. "Criticisms on Shakspeare's Tragedies," from Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature 100

1812-Charles Lamb. "On the Tragedies of Shakespeare," from The Reflector 103

1817-William Hazlitt. "Lear," from Characters of Shakespear's Plays 104

1818-Samuel Taylor Coleridge. "Lear," from Lectures and Notes on Shakspere and Other English Poets 110

1818-John Keats. "On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again" 115

1833-Anna Jameson. "Cordelia," from Shakspeare's Heroines: Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, & Historical 115

1838-Charles Dickens. "The Restoration of Shakespeare's Lear to the Stage," from The Examiner 116

1864-Victor Hugo. William Shakespeare 119

1875-Edward Dowden. "Lear," from Shakspere: A Critical Study of His Mind and Art 122

1880-Algernon Charles Swinburne. A Study of Shakespeare 134

1883-Alfred Lord Tennyson. Some Criticisms on Poets, Memoir by His Son 137

King Lear in the Twentieth Century 139

1904-A. C. Bradley. "King Lear," from Shakespearean Tragedy 141

1906-Leo Tolstoy. "On Shakespeare" 156

1913-Sigmund Freud. "The Theme of the Three Caskets," from Imago 163

1920-Alexander Blok. "Shakespeare's King Lear: An Address to the Actors" 164

1930-G. Wilson Knight. "The Lear Universe," from The Wheel of Fire 169

1947-George Orwell. "Lear, Tolstoy, and the Fool," from Polemic 195

1949-John F. Danby. "Cordelia as Nature," from Shakespeare's Doctrine of Nature: A Study of King Lear 200

1951-Harold C. Goddard. "King Lear," from The Meaning of Shakespeare 213

1966-William R. Elton. "Deus Absconditus: Lear," from King Lear and the Gods 246

1974-Joyce Carol Oates. "'Is This the Promised End?': The Tragedy of King Lear," from Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 270

1986-Northrop Frye. "King Lear," from Northrop Frye on Shakespeare 288

1988-Harold Bloom. "Introduction," from King Lear (Modern Critical Interpretations) 304

1992-Harold Bloom. "Introduction," from King Lear (Major Literary Characters) 311

King Lear in the Twenty-first Century 321

2004-Sean Lawrence. "'Gods That We Adore': The Divine in King Lear," from Renascence 321.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-342) and index.

ISBN:

9780791095744

0791095746

OCLC:

156874814