King Lear (Signet Classics) Summary and Reviews

King Lear (Signet Classics)
by William Shakespeare

King Lear (Signet Classics)
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Author: William Shakespeare
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-06-01
ISBN: 0451526937
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Signet Classics
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  • ISBN13: 9780451526939
  • Condition: New
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Book Reviews of King Lear (Signet Classics)

Book Review: "Effects of courtesy, dues of gratitude..."
Summary: 3 Stars

Ok - it's Shakespeare: points awarded. But I found myself loving the word play immensely. I was scratching notes in the columns - started my own word count when I found patterns... and then (as this was read for school) went head-first into the analytical essay to be written. Oddly - the instructor now has us working on a research paper which asks, "Did Shakespeare write Shakespeare?"
And a NOTE: I always wait to read any prologues or introductions AFTER I've read a text. I don't want the "authoritative voice" in the intro influencing my take on the book. But I do read them AFTER. This intro by Russell Fraser has to be the most inane blather I've found yet. It directly cops lines out of the play. And Fraser just makes himself giddy by musically rearranging words and paragraphs to no particular point - it is the sound of ones insides turning themselves out. As Goneril put it - "Good sir, to th' purpose."

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