King Lear in our TimeThis edition first published in 1966. Previous edition published 1965 by the University of California Press. Perhaps more than any other play of Shakespeare's King Lear has been subjected to almost totally contradictory interpretations. In the first historical section of the book the author describes the varying concepts of the play and the distortions of text and even plot that have been widely used. Garrick's playing of Lear as a pathetic and down-trodden old man. Laughton's and Olivier's versions and Herbert Blaus's theory of the 'subtext' are described and analysed. The central section of the book examines the medieval, folk and romance sources of the play. The final chapter illustrates how the action of the play and its pervading violence and evil are not explained in terms of human motive and rely for their meaning more on their effects than their antecedents. An important theme is the play's examination of society and the ties of service and family love. |
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... Stage from Richard Burbage to Charles Laughton,” I have drawn at several points in my first chapter. To my friend and colleague, Eugene M. Waith, I am indebted for scrutinizing parts of the manuscript with his usual charitable rigor ...
... Stage from Richard Burbage to Charles Laughton,” I have drawn at several points in my first chapter. To my friend and colleague, Eugene M. Waith, I am indebted for scrutinizing parts of the manuscript with his usual charitable rigor ...
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Maynard Mack. London : A Survey of Interpretations of the Role on the London Stage from Richard Burbage to Charles Laughton , " I have drawn at several points in my first chapter . To my friend and colleague , Eugene M. Waith , I am ...
Maynard Mack. London : A Survey of Interpretations of the Role on the London Stage from Richard Burbage to Charles Laughton , " I have drawn at several points in my first chapter . To my friend and colleague , Eugene M. Waith , I am ...
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... stage performing, or on the contrary is only understood when performance has tied together the “series of intellectual strands” which compose it11 and drawn our attention “away from what otherwise might seem puzzling, distasteful, or ...
... stage performing, or on the contrary is only understood when performance has tied together the “series of intellectual strands” which compose it11 and drawn our attention “away from what otherwise might seem puzzling, distasteful, or ...
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... stage , " drew up a long list of gross " improb- abilities " that no one has succeeded in arguing away . 4 Among the grosser improbabilities that Bradley points out are Edgar's and Kent's continuing in disguise well after the purposes ...
... stage , " drew up a long list of gross " improb- abilities " that no one has succeeded in arguing away . 4 Among the grosser improbabilities that Bradley points out are Edgar's and Kent's continuing in disguise well after the purposes ...
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... stage as well as off , and ( if the truth were told ) many a stu- dent reader's . If King Lear as a work of literature is either Shakespeare's greatest achievement , freely compared by its devotees to the sublimest inventions of the ...
... stage as well as off , and ( if the truth were told ) many a stu- dent reader's . If King Lear as a work of literature is either Shakespeare's greatest achievement , freely compared by its devotees to the sublimest inventions of the ...
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