King Lear: a critical guide

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Comprehensive critical guide to King Lear, including critical and performance history, adaptation, new directions in research and an annotated bibiliography.;Introduction: King Lear 1606-2009 -- Chapter 1. The critical backstory -- Chapter 2. King Lear: performative traditions/interpretative positions -- Chapter 3. The current state of thinking on King Lear -- Chapter 4. New directions: promised end? King Lear and the suicide-trick -- Chapter 5. New directions: 'the wisdom of nature': ecological perspectives in King Lear -- Chapter 6. New directions: King Lear and Protestantism -- Chapter 7. Critical review: 'Great thing of us forgot'?: new British angles on King Lear -- Chapter 8. King Lear: resources -- Bibliography -- Notes on contributors -- Index. Introduction: King Lear 1606-2009 -- Chapter 1. The critical backstory -- Chapter 2. King Lear: performative traditions/interpretative positions -- Chapter 3. The current state of thinking on King Lear -- Chapter 4. New directions: promised end? King Lear and the suicide-trick -- Chapter 5. New directions: 'the wisdom of nature': ecological perspectives in King Lear -- Chapter 6. New directions: King Lear and Protestantism -- Chapter 7. Critical review: 'Great thing of us forgot'?: new British angles on King Lear -- Chapter 8. King Lear: resources -- Bibliography -- Notes on contributors -- Index.