King Lear: A critical guide

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King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most performed and studied plays - seen as one of the most significant and universal tragedies of all time. This guide introduces the play'scritical and performance history, including notable stage productions alongside TV, filmand radio versions. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further individualresearch.

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This volume provides "all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know" about the challenging experience of King Lear. The coverage is compendious, the research up-to-date, and the essays rich with fresh insights. -- R. S. White, Professor of English, University of Western Australia, Australia
This comprehensive approach makes King Lear: A Critical Guide a valuable resource for advanced undergraduates and those who teach them, as it suggests the multitude of reaction to King Lear over time, while also showing what can still be done within this vast tradition. -- William Rhodes, University of Virginia * Sixteenth Century Journal *

Author Bio

Andrew Hiscock is Professor of English at Bangor University, UK.
Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at University of Sheffield Hallam. She has published numerous works on Shakespeare including her most recent work, Beginning Shakespeare (2005) and has written on film adaptations including Screening the Gothic. She is the Senior Editor of the online journal, Early Modern Literary Studies.