King Lear
King Lear by William Shakespeare, published by Wordsworth Editions in 1994, is presented in a newly-edited format that reflects recent scholarship. This edition, comprising 170 pages, offers readers a comprehensive and integrated text of one of Shakespeare’s most powerful tragedies. The play explores themes of love, hate, loyalty, and treachery, set against a backdrop of elemental passion and human conflict.
Readers will find that this edition is edited, introduced, and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Sussex. The Wordsworth Classics’ Shakespeare Series aims to provide a careful reappraisal of Shakespeare’s works, making this edition a valuable resource for those interested in drama and European literature. King Lear continues to resonate in both theatrical and cinematic adaptations, showcasing its enduring significance in the literary canon.
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Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.
The Wordsworth Classics’ Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare’s works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.
King Lear has been widely acclaimed as Shakespeare’s most powerful tragedy. Elemental and passionate, it encompasses the horrific and the heart-rending. Love and hate, loyalty and treachery, cruelty and self-sacrifice: all these contend in a tempestuous drama which has become an enduring classic of the world’s literature. In the theatre and on screen King Lear continues to challenge and enthral.
This Wordsworth edition of King Lear provides a comprehensive, integrated text of the play.
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