King Lear
Contributors: Harold Bloom (Contributor); Burton Raffel (Introduction)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 24, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780300122008
Subjects: Shakespeare plays, texts; Early Modern English Drama (1500-1700); Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Drama; Plays / Drama; English; Plays; Shakespeare; Drama / General; Fathers and daughters; Inheritance and succession; Lear, King (Legendary character)
Description: King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and Job-like Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear's failure as a father engulfs himself and his world in turmoil and tragedy. --Publisher.
Notes: The Annotated Shakespeare