The History Of King Lear The Oxford Shakespeare — William Shakespeare

The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers a new modern spelling text based on the Quarto text of 1608 on page commentary and notes explain meaning staging allusions and much else detailed introduction considers composition sources performances and changing critical attitudes to the play illustrated with production photographs and related art includes The Ballad of King Lear and related offshoots full index to introduction and commentary durable sewn binding for lasting use not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare This is a major achievement of twentieth century scholarship Times Literary Supplement

The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers a new modern spelling text based on the Quarto text of 1608 on page commentary and notes explain meaning staging allusions and much else detailed introduction considers composition sources performances and changing critical attitudes to the play illustrated with production photographs and related art includes The Ballad of King Lear and related offshoots full index to introduction and commentary durable sewn binding for lasting use not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare This is a major achievement of twentieth century scholarship Times Literary Supplement