King Lear Contents
- Social / political background
- Religious / philosophical background
- The Theatre
- Act I
- Act II
- Act III
- Act IV
- Act V
Further reading on King Lear
Editions of King Lear
- The Oxford Shakespeare (2000) ed. Stanley Wells
- The New Cambridge Shakespeare (2nd ed. 2005) ed. Jay. L. Halio
- The Arden Shakespeare (1997) ed. R.A. Foakes
Complete works
- The RSC Shakespeare (2007) ed. Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen
- The Norton Shakespeare (1997) ed. Stephen Greenblatt, Walter Cohen, Jean E. Howard and Katharine Eisaman Maus
- The Complete Pelican Shakespeare (2002) ed. Stephen Orgel and A.R. Braunmuller
Critical and reference works
- Ackroyd, P. (2005) Shakespeare: The Biography
- Bate, J. (2008) Soul of the Age: the Life, Mind and World of William Shakespeare
- Crystal, B. (2013) King Lear: Before, During, After
- Cunningham, V. The Connell Guide to King Lear
- Dickson, A. (2005) The Rough Guide to Shakespeare
- Dobson, M. and Wells, S (eds) (2001) Oxford Companion to Shakespeare
- Dunton-Downer, L. and Riding, A. (2004) Essential Shakespeare Handbook
- Greenblatt, S. (2004) Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
- Hamlin, H. (2013) The Bible in Shakespeare
- Kermode, F. (1969) Shakespeare – King Lear: A Casebook
- Mangan, M. (1991) A Preface to Shakespeare’s Tragedies
- Nuttall, A.D. (2007) Shakespeare the Thinker
- Potter, L. (2012) The Life of William Shakespeare
- Wells, S. (1994) Shakespeare: A Dramatic Life
Websites
- The Royal Shakespeare Company www.rsc.org.uk
- Shakespeare’s Globe www.shakespearesglobe.org.uk
- The British Library www.bl.uk
- Shakespeare Online www.shakespeare-online.com
- The Folger Library www.folger.edu
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