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Tables of Contents for The History of King Lear
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
 
Introduction
1
2
What Shakespeare Wrote
3
6
When Shakespeare Wrote `King Lear'
9
5
Where the Play Came From
14
3
Legend
17
14
`King Leir'
20
6
`Arcadia'
26
1
Other Influences
27
4
Shaping the Play
31
18
The Play's Language
49
7
Early Performance
56
1
`King Lear' as a Text for Readers
57
3
Performance Texts of `King Lear'
60
2
Nahum Tate's Adaptation
62
7
Return to Shakespeare
69
6
Interpretation in Performance
75
6
Textual Introduction and Editorial Procedures
81
222
Abbreviations and References
88
7
The History Of King Lear
95
208
The Ballad of King Lear
277
9
Offshoots of `King Lear'
286
7
Alterations to Lineation
293
10
Index
303