King Lear
King Lear by William Shakespeare is a notable edition published by Amazon Digital Services LLC – KDP Print US on April 6, 2018. This 124-page work is presented in English and is part of the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare’s plays and poems, originally developed by John Dover Wilson between 1921 and 1966. This reissued edition includes a lengthy introduction, the main text, and substantial notes and glossary at the back, reflecting the editorial practices that have influenced later editions.
Readers will find that this edition of King Lear offers insights into the play’s structure and themes through its comprehensive notes and glossary. The text is designed to engage both young adult fiction enthusiasts and those interested in classic drama, making it a valuable resource for understanding Shakespeare’s work. This edition is part of a larger series that showcases the evolution of editorial techniques in Shakespearean scholarship, providing context for the play’s enduring significance in literature.
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John Dover Wilson’s New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare’s plays and poems until the 1980s. The series, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work is available both individually and as a set, and each contains a lengthy and lively introduction, main text, and substantial notes and glossary printed at the back. The edition, which began with The Tempest and ended with The Sonnets, put into practice the techniques and theories that had evolved under the ‘New Bibliography’. Remarkably by today’s standards, although it took the best part of half a century to produce, the New Shakespeare involved only a small band of editors besides Dover Wilson himself. As the volumes took shape, many of Dover Wilson’s textual methods acquired general acceptance and became an established part of later editorial practice, for example in the Arden and New Cambridge Shakespeares.
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