The one King Lear /

"For over two hundred years editors were united in their decision to bring together the King Lear texts of the Quarto (1608) and the First Folio (1623) to produce a single text that was the basis for all modern productions and interpretations. In the 1980s a group of influential scholars argued...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vickers, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > King Lear > Criticism, Textual.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > King Lear.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Bibliography > Folios. 1623.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Bibliography > Quartos.
Okes, Nicholas.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Okes, Nicholas
Shakespeare, William > 1564-1616 > King Lear
King Lear (Shakespeare, William)
1600-1699
Transmission of texts > England > History > 17th century.
Transmission de textes > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Bibliography
Transmission of texts
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • King Lear at the printer's
  • Adjusting text space to print space in the Shakespeare folio and quartos
  • Nicholas Okes compresses the play
  • Nicholas Okes shortens it
  • One play, one manuscript, two printed books
  • The Folio editors regularize Shakespeare
  • The King's Men abridge a tragedy
  • The "two versions" revisited
  • Conclusion : towards a new consensus.

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