King Lear: A Critical Guide (Continuum Renaissance Drama Guides) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1441158960 ISBN 13: 9781441158963

Publisher: Continuum, 2011

Synopsis

King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most performed and studied plays - seen as one of the most significant and universal tragedies of all time. This guide introduces the play's critical and performance history, including notable stage productions alongside TV, film and radio versions. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further individual research.

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About the Author

<div>Andrew Hiscock is Professor of English at Bangor University, UK.  </div><br />Lisa Hopkins is Professor of English at University of Sheffield Hallam. She has published numerous works on Shakespeare including her most recent work, <I>Beginning Shakespeare </I>(2005) and has written on film adaptations including <I>Screening the Gothic</I>. She is the Senior Editor of the online journal, Early Modern Literary Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1441158960
• ISBN 13: 9781441158963
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246
• Editor: Hiscock Andrew