The Masks of King Lear

The Masks of King Lear
Title The Masks of King Lear PDF eBook
Author Marvin Rosenberg
Publisher University of Delaware Press
Pages 444
Release 1992
Genre Drama
ISBN 9780874134827

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"LEAR: Does Lear walk thus? Speak thus? / Who is it that can tell me who I am?" "Centuries of critics and actors have tried to tell, but Lear's identity, and the meaning of his action in the play, are still touched with enigma." "This book seeks Shakespeare's intentions in King Lear in new ways. It explores major interpretations of distinguished actors and directors as well as of critics from England, the United States, France, Belgium, Japan, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Poland. Is the play unsuited for the stage, as Charles Lamb - and others - have declared? How, in fact, has it been staged, and how visualized by critics? Is Lear designed to be a frail and aging old man? A powerful image of authority? Mad, or senile, to begin with? A kindly old father? Everyman? All of these? None? Does the play end with redemption? Unmitigated despair? Is it Christian? Pagan? Mr. Rosenberg confronts these and other questions from the base of his study and personal experience of the play." "To deepen the theatrical side of that experience, he began, as he did in his The Masks of Othello, with an involvement in the staged play: he directed and acted in Othello, and he followed a production of King Lear through two months of rehearsal and performance. One by-product of this intense participation was a discovery of some special qualities in the language of the play." "To achieve a better understanding of these qualities, Mr. Rosenberg put Lear's vocabulary through a computer, and established a concordance of every word both for the play as a whole and for each character. Interesting structural elements in Shakespeare's language become apparent." "Recognizing the difficulty, for a critic, of responding afresh to Shakespeare's craftsmanship in characterization and in arousing expectation, Mr. Rosenberg also arranged to expose the play to spectators who had never seen or read it. The response of this naive audience, after attending performances, was curious and illuminating. The author believes that any critical approach must be used that will increase our understanding of Shakespeare's work."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Masks of King Lear

The Masks of King Lear
Title The Masks of King Lear PDF eBook
Author Marvin Rosenberg
Publisher
Pages 431
Release 1974
Genre
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King Lear and the Gods

King Lear and the Gods
Title King Lear and the Gods PDF eBook
Author William R. Elton
Publisher University Press of Kentucky
Pages 386
Release 2014-07-15
Genre Drama
ISBN 0813161304

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Many critics hold that Shakespeare's King Lear is primarily a drama of meaningful suffering and redemption within a just universe ruled by providential higher powers. William Elton's King Lear and the Gods challenges the validity of this widespread optimistic view. Testing the prevailing view against the play's acknowledged sources, and analyzing the functions of the double plot, the characters, and the play's implicit ironies, Elton concludes that this standard interpretation constitutes a serious misreading of the tragedy.

Aspects of King Lear

Aspects of King Lear
Title Aspects of King Lear PDF eBook
Author Kenneth Muir
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 118
Release 1982-10-28
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780521246040

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This volume brings together nine essays on King Lear by distinguished scholars, all of which were first published in Shakespeare Survey, the leading journal devoted to Shakespeare studies. A retrospective survey of criticism from 1934 to the present is followed by studies of the play's style and discussion of its background, meaning and theatrical presentation. The volume is illustrated with photographs of post-war productions.

The Tragedy of King Lear

The Tragedy of King Lear
Title The Tragedy of King Lear PDF eBook
Author William Shakespeare
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 344
Release 2005-08-11
Genre Drama
ISBN 9780521847919

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This second edition of King Lear features a new introductory section by Jay L. Halio.

King Lear

King Lear
Title King Lear PDF eBook
Author Ann Thompson
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 94
Release 1988-06-03
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1349192503

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King Lear is an enormous work in every sense. Despite the misgivings and often pertinent criticisms of earlier generations of critics, it seems now to be accepted as the greatest monument of our culture: the most revered play by the most revered writer in our language. In this study, Dr. Thompson first analyses the many critical approaches to King Lear, placing in context the formal, historical, social, philosophical, religious, mico-level and performance-based approaches. In her Appraisal section, she investigates the phenomenon of 'The Greatness of King Lear', surveying the wider issues of the status of 'classic' texts and the formation and perpetuation of literary canons. She also discusses arguments by critics who have questioned the high evaluation of King Lear, and the arguments of contemporary critics whose approaches have the effect of displacing traditional evaluations altogether.

King Lear

King Lear
Title King Lear PDF eBook
Author Kenneth Muir
Publisher Routledge
Pages 317
Release 2015-04-10
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1317531302

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Originally published in 1984. With selections organised chronologically, this collection presents the best writing on one of Shakespeare’s most studied plays. The structure displays the changing responses to the play and includes a wide range of criticism from the likes of Coleridge, Hazlitt, Moulton, Granville-Barker, Orwell, Levin, Stampfer, Gardner and Speaight interspersed with short entries from Keats, Raleigh, Freud and others. The final chapter by the editor elucidates his own thoughts on Lear, building on his commentary in the Introduction which puts the collection in context.