King Lear

<p>Originally published in 1984. With selections organised chronologically this collection presents the best writing on one of Shakespeare’s most studied plays. The structure displays the changing responses to the play and includes a wide range of criticism from the likes of Coleridge Hazlitt Moulton Granville-Barker Orwell Levin Stampfer Gardner and Speaight interspersed with short entries from Keats Raleigh Freud and others. The final chapter by the editor elucidates his own thoughts on Lear building on his commentary in the Introduction which puts the collection in context.</p>