King Lear: The Pelican Shakespeare

Author:   William Shakespeare ,  Stephen Orgel ,  A.R. Braunmuller ,  Eli Reynolds
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
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9780143128557


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   29 March 2016
Format:   Paperback
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King Lear: The Pelican Shakespeare


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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now repackaged in dazzling new covers in time for the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition Gold Medal Winner of the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 14 This edition ofKing Learpresents a conflated text, combining the 1608 Quarto and 1623 Folio Texts, edited with an introduction by series editor Stephen Orgeland was recently repackaged with cover art by Manuja Waldia.Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for the Pelican Shakespeare series. The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With stunning new covers, definitive texts, and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Author:   William Shakespeare ,  Stephen Orgel ,  A.R. Braunmuller ,  Eli Reynolds
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Plume
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.70cm
Weight:   0.153kg
ISBN:  

9780143128557


ISBN 10:   0143128558
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   29 March 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Gorgeous new Shakespeare paperbacks. --Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings


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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. A. R. Braunmuller is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has written critical volumes on George Peele and George Chapman and has edited plays in both the Oxford (King John) and Cambridge (Macbeth) series of Shakespeare editions. He is also general editor of The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Stephen Orgel is the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of the Humanities at Stanford University and general editor of the Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. His books include Imagining Shakespeare, The Authentic Shakespeare, Impersonations- The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare's England and The Illusion of Power.

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