King Lear / William Shakespeare ; edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen ; introduction by Jonathan Bate.

King Lear / William Shakespeare ; edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen ; introduction by Jonathan Bate.

By
: 
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Publication Date
: 
2009

Publication Information
: 
New York : Modern Library

Physical Description
: 
xxxi, 230 p. : ill.

Subject Term
: 
Lear, King (Legendary character) -- Drama.
 
Fathers and daughters -- Drama.
 
Plays.

Genre
: 
Tragedies.

Series
: 
RSC SHAKESPEARE.
 
WORKS. MODERN LIBRARY.

Additional Contributors
: 
Bate, Jonathan.
 
Rasmussen, Eric, 1960-

Bibliography Note
: 
Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-228)

Summary
: 
King Lear is Shakespeare’s bleakest and profoundest tragedy, a searing dramatization of humankind at the edge of apocalypse that explores the family and the nature of being with passion, poetry, and dark humor.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9780812969115


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