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The tragedy of King Lear / edited by Jay L. Halio ; with a new introduction by Lois Potter ; textual introduction edited, with a new preface, by Brian Gibbons.

By: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616Contributor(s): Halio, Jay L [editor.] | Potter, Lois [writer of introduction.] | Gibbons, Brian, 1938- [editor.]Series: Shakespeare, William, Works ; Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2020 Edition: Third editionDescription: xix, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 9781107195868; 1107195861; 9781316646977; 1316646971Uniform titles: King Lear Subject(s): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear | Lear, King of England (Legendary character) -- DramaDDC classification: 822.33 LOC classification: PR2819.A2 | H24 2020
Contents:
Introduction -- Textual Analysis -- Preface / Brian Gibbons -- Textual Analysis, Part 1 -- A Note on the Text -- List of Characters -- The Play -- Textual Analysis, Part 2 -- Appendix: Passages Unique to the First Quarto -- Reading List.
Summary: "For this updated critical edition of King Lear, Lois Potter has written a completely new introduction, taking account of recent productions and reinterpretations of the play, with particular emphasis on its afterlife in global performance and adaptation. The edition retains the Textual Analysis of the previous editor, Jay L. Halio, shortened and with a new preface by Brian Gibbons. Professor Halio, accepting that we have two versions of equal authority, the one derived from Shakespeare's rough drafts, the other from a manuscript used in the playhouses during the seventeenth century, chooses the Folio as the text for this edition. He explains the differences between the two versions and alerts the reader to the rival claims of the quarto by means of a sampling of parallel passages in the Introduction and by an appendix which contains annotated passages unique to the quarto."--
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Previous edition: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Textual Analysis -- Preface / Brian Gibbons -- Textual Analysis, Part 1 -- A Note on the Text -- List of Characters -- The Play -- Textual Analysis, Part 2 -- Appendix: Passages Unique to the First Quarto -- Reading List.

"For this updated critical edition of King Lear, Lois Potter has written a completely new introduction, taking account of recent productions and reinterpretations of the play, with particular emphasis on its afterlife in global performance and adaptation. The edition retains the Textual Analysis of the previous editor, Jay L. Halio, shortened and with a new preface by Brian Gibbons. Professor Halio, accepting that we have two versions of equal authority, the one derived from Shakespeare's rough drafts, the other from a manuscript used in the playhouses during the seventeenth century, chooses the Folio as the text for this edition. He explains the differences between the two versions and alerts the reader to the rival claims of the quarto by means of a sampling of parallel passages in the Introduction and by an appendix which contains annotated passages unique to the quarto."--