King Lear.
By: Edited by Edward G. Quinn.
Contributors: Quinn, Edward, 1932- ed.
Series: The Crowell critical library
Publisher: Crowell
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Lear, King (Legendary character) -- Drama; Lear, King (Legendary character), in literature; Inheritance and succession -- Drama; Fathers and daughters -- Drama; Kings and rulers -- Drama; Aging parents -- Drama; Britons -- Drama; Tragedy
Genres: Drama.
Table of contents: title: The tragedy of King Lear.; title: Selections from Nahum Tate's King Lear.; title: Sources: From The true chronicle history of King Leir. From Holinshed's Chronicles. From Sidney's Arcadia.; title: Selected criticism: Summary note to King Lear, by S. Johnson.; title: From On Shakespeare's tragedies, by C. Lamb.; title: From Characters of Shakespeare's plays, by W. Hazlitt.; title: From Shakespearean tragedy, by A. C. Bradley.; title: King Lear and the comedy of the grotesque, by G. W. Knight.; title: From The Gutenberg galaxy, by M. McLuhan.; title: King Lear or Endgame, by J. Kott.; title: From King Lear in our time, by M. Mack.; title: King Lear and the meaning of chaos, by H. Skulsky.; title: Selected bibliography (p. 233-235).