William Shakespeare: King Lear: Essays, Articles, Reviews

Author/Contributor(s):	Bruce, Susan
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	01/27/1999
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This Critical Guide helps students sift through and make sense of nearly three centuries of Lear criticism, providing insight into different assessments of the play's merit and its place within Shakespeare's work and the canon of English literature. Highlights include excerpts from the neoclassical and Romantic receptions of King Lear -- material from John Dryden, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Victor Hugo -- and a discussion of recent and current trends in criticism of the play.