5/24/2023 0 Comments King Lear by William Shakespeare![]() ![]() An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language A key to the play’s famous lines and phrases Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play The authoritative edition of King Lear from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: We also see old age portrayed in all its vulnerability, pride, and, perhaps, wisdom-one reason this most devastating of Shakespeare’s tragedies is also perhaps his most moving. Emotions are extreme, magnified to gigantic proportions. The play tells us about families struggling between greed and cruelty, on the one hand, and support and consolation, on the other. What, then, keeps bringing us back to King Lear? For all the force of its language, King Lear is almost equally powerful when translated, suggesting that it is the story, in large part, that draws us to the play. ![]() Lear himself rages until his sanity cracks. Its figures harden their hearts, engage in violence, or try to alleviate the suffering of others. Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain that it represents. ![]()
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