King Lear: a critical guide 9781441156013, 9781441138033, 144113803X, 9781472554994, 147255499X

Comprehensive critical guide to King Lear, including critical and performance history, adaptation, new directions in res

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King Lear: a critical guide
9781441156013, 9781441138033, 144113803X, 9781472554994, 147255499X

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Table of contents :
Introduction: King Lear 1606-2009 --
Chapter 1. The critical backstory --
Chapter 2. King Lear: performative traditions/interpretative positions --
Chapter 3. The current state of thinking on King Lear --
Chapter 4. New directions: promised end? King Lear and the suicide-trick --
Chapter 5. New directions: 'the wisdom of nature': ecological perspectives in King Lear --
Chapter 6. New directions: King Lear and Protestantism --
Chapter 7. Critical review: 'Great thing of us forgot'?: new British angles on King Lear --
Chapter 8. King Lear: resources --
Bibliography --
Notes on contributors --
Index.

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