The One King Lear / Sir Brian Vickers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vickers, Brian, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear--Criticism, Textual.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.

Transmission of texts--England--History--17th century.

Transmission of texts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1980s influential scholars argued that Shakespeare revised King Lear in light of theatrical performance, resulting in two texts by the bard’s own hand. The two-text theory hardened into orthodoxy. Here Sir Brian Vickers makes the case that Shakespeare did not cut his original text. At stake is the way his greatest play is read and performed.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

A Note on References

Chapter 1. King Lear at the Printer

Chapter 2. Adjusting Text Space to Print Space in the Shakespeare Folio and Quartos

Chapter 3. Nicholas Okes Compresses the Play

Chapter 4. Nicholas Okes Abridges It

Chapter 5. One Play, One Manuscript, Two Printed Books

Chapter 6. The Folio Editors Regularize Shakespeare

Chapter 7. The King’s Men Abridge a Tragedy

Chapter 8. The “Two Versions” Revisited

Conclusion: Toward a New Consensus

Appendix 1. Illustrations and Commentary

Appendix 2. Space Saving in Q1 King Lear

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780674970335

0674970330

9780674970311

0674970314

OCLC:

945554290