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Synopsis
A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings–as madness, murder, and the anguish of insight and forgiveness that arrive too late combine to make this an all-embracing tragedy of evil and suffering.
Each Edition Includes:
ˇ Comprehensive explanatory notes
ˇ Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship
ˇ Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English
ˇ Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories
ˇ An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography
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Book Description
John Dover Wilson's New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems until the 1980s. The series, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work contains a lengthy and lively introduction, main text, and substantial notes and glossary.
From the Back Cover
As well as the complete scripts (established by scholars working on the New Cambridge Shakespeare), the student will find a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words, and a wide range of classroom-tested activities to help turn the script into drama.
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- PublisherOliver and Boyd
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 005002700X
- ISBN 13 9780050027004
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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