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King Lear (Oxford School Shakespeare) | 
| Author: William Shakespeare
Creator: Roma Gill
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
List Price: $9.95
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Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 257884
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 6.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 019832054X
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN: 9780198320548
ASIN: 019832054X
Publication Date: December 12, 2002
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Product Description
The Oxford School Shakespeare is a well-established series which helps students understand and enjoy Shakespeare's plays. As well as the complete and unabridged text, each play in this series has an extensive range of students' notes. These include detailed and clear explanations of difficult words and passages, a synopsis of the plot, summaries of individual scenes, and notes on the main characters. Also included is a wide range of questions and activities for work in class, together with the historical background to Shakespeare's England, a brief biography of Shakespeare, and a complete list of his plays. Roma Gill, the series editor, has taught Shakespeare at all levels. She has acted in and directed Shakespeare's plays, and has lectured on Shakespeare all over the world.
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This is the first fully annotated critical edition of King Lear to appear for forty years. It includes a comprehensive account of Shakespeare's sources and the literary, political, and folkloric influences at work in the play; a detailed reading of the action, and a substantial stage history of major productions. Unlike previous editions, this one does not present a conflation of the Quarto and the Folio, but offers the latter as the authoritative text.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 45 more reviews...
 Review of the Signet edition of Shakespeare's "King Lear" April 10, 2008
Joan M. Hall (Boulder, Colorado)
This paperback is a handy edition of Shakespeare's great play, useful for students on all levels. The critical essays in the back are helpful, though one or two more recent ones could have been included.
 Helpful January 15, 2007
Jennifer Humphries (FPO, AE United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have my degree in English... I like reading and teaching with this version as "help" not as a substitution. It gives a clearer understanding to Shakespeare for people who have difficulty with it.
Great Ideas--But Beware! November 10, 2006
Mark (Boston)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I bought this edition as a teaching supplement, not realizing that it is the folio version of the play. The words "quarto" and "folio" refer to the size of the pages in the two editions. Many secondary schools and universities use the quarto edition and a lot is left out of the folio--this version cuts out three hundred lines and adds one hundred new ones. The effect is that it alters the way the characters are shown. If you are reading the play with a class and they have a quarto version, while you are using your trusty teacher's Cambridge, chances are there will be a lot of blank expressions and confusion on their faces. The lines they see will not jibe with yours. The extra articles and class activities are great though--just make sure that if you use the Cambridge, you have your students buy only folio editions.
Good value for your money September 8, 2006
cocojosie
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Although this edition is not quite as exhaustive as the Arden Shakespeare paperbacks, it does have good commentary and even includes a fair bit of criticism. It's not expensive and the print is clear and readable, not small or cramped like some Shakespeare editions. The comments, which largely explain difficult words in the text, are printed on the same page as the text, which is helpful. I use a copy of this for studying Shakespeare - at such a good prize, you don't feel bad for scribbling notes in the margins.
 Difficult to understand April 1, 2006
Yoo Kook Hyun (Seoul)
1 out of 9 found this review helpful
It is not easy to understand the old style Eglish to non-native foreigner like me. But I read it cover to cover.
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