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King Lear / William Shakespeare; edited by Cedric Watts.

Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Published: Wordsworth Classics, 2004.
Wordsworth classics

Darwen Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 822.33 - Drama, Poetry and Writing - Available - 30303014985594

1606 : Shakespeare and the year of Lear / James Shapiro.

This title traces Shakespeare's life and work from the autumn of 1605, when the author came upon an old and anonymous play - 'The True Chronicle History of King Leir' - in one of the bookstalls near his Silver Street lodgings. From there, the author traces the story's transformation into 'King Lear' as we know it - and then to 'Macbeth', written in 1606.
Author: Shapiro, James, 1955-
Published: London : Faber & Faber, 2016.
Published: London : Faber & Faber, 2016.
xiii, 423 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 20 cm

Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 822.33 - Drama, Poetry and Writing - Available - 30303018436412

1606 : William Shakespeare and the year of Lear / James Shapiro.

This title traces Shakespeare's life and work from the autumn of 1605, when the author came upon an old and anonymous play - 'The True Chronicle History of King Leir' - in one of the bookstalls near his Silver Street lodgings. From there, the author traces the story's transformation into 'King Lear' as we know it - and then to 'Macbeth', written in 1606.
Author: Shapiro, James, 1955-
Published: London : Faber & Faber, 2015.
Published: London : Faber & Faber, 2015.
xi, 423 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 22 cm

Blackburn Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 822.33 - Drama, Poetry and Writing - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 30303018606147

William Shakespeare : King Lear / edited by Susan Bruce.

This guide includes a linking narrative which puts the critical extracts in context, highlights important concepts, explains shifts in critical thinking, and looks to Shakespeare's place in the literary canon.
Published: Cambridge : Icon, 1997.
192p. ; 20 cm.
Icon critical guides

Blackburn Library - Basement stack - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 822.33SHA*WIL Basement - Available - 30303013314507

King Lear / retold by Anthony Masters ; illustrated by Stephen Player.

This is a retelling of Shakespeare's popular tragedy, King Lear, in storybook form. Each of the books in the Shakespeare Collection brings the old English language up to date to capture the interest of the younger reader.
Author: Masters, Anthony
Published: London : Hodder Wayland, 2002.
46 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
The Shakespeare collection

Cherry Tree Library - (Blackburn Libraries) - Junior Non-Fiction - J822.33SHA - Drama, Poetry and Writing - Available - 30303011743160

The history of King Lear / William Shakespeare.

This text offers authoritative writings from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers. The texts use modern-spelling, feature on-page commentary and notes, and include detailed introductions.
Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
[New ed.] / edited by Stanely Wells on the basis of a text prepared by Gary Taylor.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
x, 321p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 20 cm.
The Oxford Shakespeare
Oxford world's classics

Blackburn Library - Basement stack - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 822.33SHA Basement - Available - 30303011420249

A Routledge literary sourcebook on William Shakespeare's King Lear / edited by Grace Ioppolo.

Central to university and school studies, King Lear is the prime example of tragedy in the Shakespeare canon. This sourcebook discusses and examines King Lear within its cultural and literary contexts.
Published: London : Routledge, 2003.
xii, 192 p. : ports. ; 22 cm.
Routledge literary sourcebooks

Blackburn Library - Basement stack - (Blackburn Libraries) - Adult Non-Fiction - 822.33 - Drama, Poetry and Writing - Available - 30303012121689