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King Lear In Our Time
By
Maynard MacK
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
July 31, 2005
Pages
126
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780415352963
ISBN-10
0415352967
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.75 by 9 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Original list price
$300.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This 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.
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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Hardcover
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Reprint edition from Routledge (July 31, 2005)
9780415352963 | details & prices | 126 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $300.00
About: This edition first published in 1966.
About: This edition first published in 1966.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Routledge (November 15, 2010)
9780415612258 | details & prices | 126 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.25 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $54.95
About: This edition first published in 1966.
About: This edition first published in 1966.
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