On King Lear
by Danson, Lawrence Kernan Kernan, Alvin B.
In their lectures on King Lear, the eight contributors to this volume fulfill Shakespeare's rigorous injunction to Speak what we feel" about the playwright's amplest tragedy. Representing distinctive but complementary points of view, they cover theatrical history, verbal style, acting and actors, the playwright in his cultural context and in the light of enduring human concerns, and the Shakespearean view of history, tragedy, and psychology.
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- Full title :On King Lear / Kernan [and seven others] ; edited by Lawrence Danson.
Summary
In their lectures on King Lear, the eight contributors to this volume fulfill Shakespeare's rigorous injunction to Speak what we feel" about the playwright's amplest tragedy. Representing distinctive but complementary points of view, they cover theatrical history, verbal style, acting and actors, the playwright in his cultural context and in the light of enduring human concerns, and the Shakespearean view of history, tragedy, and psychology.
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- Publication Date:©1981
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication:Princeton, New Jersey
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1981
Notes
Eight lectures delivered at Princeton by members of the Princeton University English Dept., during 1978-1979.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (185 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781400858040, 1400858046, 0691638098, 9780691638096, 0691102139, 9780691102139
- oclc:ocn889252030
- LC Classification:PR2819
- Dewey Decimal:822.3/3
Table of Contents
King Lear and the Shakespearean pageant of history / Alvin B. Kernan -- King Lear, acting and feeling / Michael Goldman -- Shakespeare, the King's company, and King Lear / G.E. Bentley -- As the wind sits, the poetics of King Lear / Theodore Weiss -- The image of the family in King Lear / Thomas McFarland -- King Lear and the two abysses / Lawrence Danson -- "Nothing almost sees miracles" : tragic knowledge in King Lear / Thomas P. Roche, Jr. -- King Lear in the theater / Daniel Seltzer.
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