2nd Edition

King Lear Parallel Text Edition

By Rene Weis Copyright 2009
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

This reissed edition of Longman Annotated Texts King Lear includes comprehensive notes, annotations and an introduction, all designed to be of use to undergraduates and interested readers. King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most widely studied tragedies. However, since the late 1970s textual scholars, critics and editors have argued that there is no single 'King Lear' text. Anyone studying the... Read more
Introduction; 1: The Integral King Lear; 2: Note on the Text and Annotations; 1: The Texts; 1 3: The History of King Lear (Q: 1608); 1 4: The Tragedy of King Lear (F: 1623)

Biography

RenĂ© Weis is Professor of English at University College London. His most recent book is Shakespeare Revealed: A Biography (2007). He is currently editing Romeo and Julietfor the Arden Shakespeare.