Ben Ross Schneider, Jr. suggests that "one way of bridging the gap between us and Shakespeare might be to imagine what it was like to live under the material conditions determining human existence in Shakespeare's time and deducing what the moral consequences of these conditions might be."
Steve Sohmer argues that "textual evidence in the Q1 Lear suggests that the play was purpose-written (or substantially revised) for performance before King James I on 26 December 1606."
Anthony Gilbert engages structuralist theory, suggesting that the connection between signifier and signified is loosened and exposed as arbitrary, allowing for alternative interpretations of the sense.
Ken Jackson reviews the Judy Kronenfeld book.
Bryan N. S. Gooch reviews the James Ogden and Arthur H. Scouten book.
A list of book and play titles derived from King Lear.
Full text, with annotations and explanation of the two major texts traditions.
Plot Summary, Character Lists, Sources, History, Film Adaptations, and further links.
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