King Lear (Collins Classics)
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
King Lear (Collins Classics)
By (Author) William Shakespeare
By (author) Collins GCSE
Edited by Peter Alexander
Edited by Maria Cairney
HarperCollins Publishers
William Collins
1st December 2011
15th September 2011
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
822.33
Physical Properties
Paperback
208
Width 111mm, Height 178mm, Spine 13mm
110g
Description
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
Epic and tragic in its scope, King Lear explores a kings demise into madness and insanity when he is betrayed by two of his manipulative and scheming daughters. It is Cordelia, the third and only daughter who refuses to flatter her father to deceive, who is banished from the kingdom, leading to dramatic and tumultuous events.
Author Bio
William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and was an eminent dramatist. His plays are perenially adapted and re-interpreted within different contexts. There is much mystery and a timeless fascination around Shakespeare's as a person and as a writer.
