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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 31. )INTRODUCTION Questions regarding Cordelia's and Lear's deaths, the nature of the king's insanity, the comic element of the play, and the Gloucester sub-plot have consistently interested scholars throughout King Lear's...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 103. )INTRODUCTION Generally considered Shakespeare’s most sublime tragedy, King Lear has wrenched the hearts and chal- lenged the intellects of generations of readers, audi- ences, and commentators. At the core of the drama...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 93. )INTRODUCTION Considered one of Shakespeare's finest tragedies, King Lear was likely composed in about 1605. Set in preChristian Britain, the drama concerns an unwise decision by Lear, the British king, to divide his...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 11. )For three hundred years commentators have questioned whether King Lear, arguably Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, can be successfully represented on stage. From 1681 until the second quarter of the nineteenth century,...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 114. )INTRODUCTION Popularly recognized as the national poet of England, Shakespeare wrote a number of plays that encounter a range of political and cultural issues related to British national identity and nationalist...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 (Vol. 217. )INTRODUCTION Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande is the most expansive and well known of the Renaissance chronicle histories. A source (in some cases disputed) for as many as thirteen of William...Found in Literature Criticism 1400-1800
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 2. )DATE: Scholars generally agree that the broadest possible dates for the composition of King Lear are the years 1603 to 1606. It is known that on March 16, 1603, Samuel Harsnett's Declaration of Egregious Popishe...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 10. )DATE: On May 9, 1594, Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece was entered for copyright in the STATIONERS’ REGISTER. The first edition was printed in QUARTO form that same year with the inscription "Lucrece. London. Printed by...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 130. )INTRODUCTION Generally regarded as one of Shakespeare's finest tragedies, King Lear was likely written and first performed in 1606. Set in prehistoric Britain, the play dramatizes events associated with the decline of an...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 121. )INTRODUCTION Generally regarded as one of Shakespeare's finest tragedies, King Lear was likely written in 1605 or 1606. Set in prehistoric Britain, the play recounts the demise of an aging king who unwisely decides to...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 84. )INTRODUCTION Critical studies of the iconography-visual images and symbols-in Shakespeare's plays have led to a better understanding of his works. Late sixteenthand early seventeenth-century audiences had a shared...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 69. )INTRODUCTION As a fundamental and near universal social taboo, the threat of incest is a motif featured in a considerable portion of Shakespeare's works, and has elicited scholarly interest with increasing regularity,...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 72. )INTRODUCTION King Lear is widely regarded as one of Shakespeare's finest artistic achievements. Set in ancient Britain, the dark tragedy centers upon the foolish and ultimately destructive actions of a delusional king,...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 138. )INTRODUCTION Scholars generally agree that Shakespeare wrote King Lear sometime between 1605 and 1606. The first recorded performance of the tragedy took place at the court of King James I on December 26, 1606. The drama...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 148. )INTRODUCTION Written in 1605 or 1606, King Lear is considered one of Shakespeare's finest plays as well as his darkest tragedy. It is set in ancient Britain and is based on a pre-Christian fable that was well known in...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 78. )INTRODUCTION Scholars who write about silence in Shakespeare's plays emphasize that it is an important dramatic element, particularly with regard to characterization and thematic development. A character's muteness may...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 83. )INTRODUCTION King Lear (c. 1605-06) is widely regarded as one of Shakespeare's finest artistic achievements and is also considered by many to be his darkest tragedy. Set in ancient Britain, the plot centers upon the...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 46. )INTRODUCTION Frequently described as the most tragic of Shakespeare's tragedies, King Lear relates the tale of a father and a ruler who loses his family and his kingdom. The play's ending in particular fascinates...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 140. )INTRODUCTION For most literary historians, Shakespeare's reputation as the foremost dramatist in the English language is in part based on his association with the acting company known as the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later...Found in Shakespearean Criticism
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From:Shakespearean Criticism (Vol. 61. )INTRODUCTION King Lear, written circa 1605-06, is considered by many to be Shakespeare's darkest tragedy. The play is set in the early history of Britain and centers upon the foolish and ultimately destructive actions of...Found in Shakespearean Criticism