On King Lear
By: Kernan ... [et al.] ; edited by Lawrence Danson.
Contributors: Danson, Lawrence.; Princeton University. Dept. of English.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Lear, King (Legendary character), in literature; Kings and rulers in literature; Tragedy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Eight lectures delivered at Princeton by members of the Princeton University English Dept., during 1978-1979.
Table of contents: title: King Lear and the Shakespearean pageant of history / Alvin B. Kernan; title: King Lear, acting and feeling / Michael Goldman; title: Shakespeare, the King's company, and King Lear / G.E. Bentley; title: As the wind sits, the poetics of King Lear / Theodore Weiss; title: The image of the family in King Lear / Thomas McFarland; title: King Lear and the two abysses / Lawrence Danson; title: "Nothing almost sees miracles" / Thomas P. Roche, Jr.; title: King Lear in the theater / Daniel Seltzer.