The one King Lear / by Vickers, Brian

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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Of philosophers and kings : political philosophy in Shakespeare's Macbeth and King Lear / by Craig, Leon Harold

Table of Contents: “…The Political Philosopher as Dramatic Poet: Preliminary Remarks on the Study of Shakespeare -- Living in a Hard Time: Politics and Philosophy in Macbeth -- The Discovery of Nature: Politics and Philosophy in King Lear -- "Sweet Philosophy": Further Illustrations of Shakespeare's Portrayal of Philosophy in Relation to Political Life.…”
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The Lear world : a study of King Lear in its dramatic context / by Reibetanz, John, 1944-

Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.…”
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Politics and romance in Shakespeare's four great tragedies / by Usongo, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…Hamlet -- King Lear -- Macbeth -- Othello -- Shakespeare's legacy.…”
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Being and having in Shakespeare / by Maus, Katharine Eisaman, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Being and having in Richard II -- Prodigal princes : land and chattels in the second tetralogy -- Heirs and affines in The merchant of Venice -- The properties of friendship in The merchant of Venice -- Vagabond kings : entitlement and distribution in 2 Henry VI and King Lear.…”
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Shakespeare and the rival playwrights, 1600-1606 / by Farley-Hills, David

Table of Contents: “…Anger's privilege : Timon of Athens and King Lear.…”
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Shakespeare and the power of performance : stage and page in the Elizabethan theatre / by Weimann, Robert

Table of Contents: “…"Moralize two meanings" in one play : contrariety on the Tudor stage -- Performance, game, and representation in Richard III -- Mingling vice and "worthiness" in King John -- Clowning : agencies between voice and pen -- Clowning at the frontiers of representation -- Cross-dressing and performance in disguise -- Personation and playing : "secretly open" role-playing -- Character/actor : the deep matrix -- Character : depth, dialogue, page -- King Lear : representations on stage and page.…”
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What Galileo saw : imagining the scientific revolution / by Lipking, Lawrence, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…: imagining life in King Lear -- The dream of Descartes -- A history of error: Robert Fludd, Thomas Browne, and the Harrow of Truth -- The century of genius (1): Measuring up -- The century of genius (2): Hooke, Newton, and the system of the world -- Revolution and its discontents: the skeptical challenge -- Appendix 1: The fable of sound -- Appendix 2: Descartes' Three dreams.…”
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