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1Shakespeare Survey

An Annual Survey of Shakespeare Studies and Production (Shakespeare Survey)

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“Shakespeare Survey” Metadata:

  • Title: Shakespeare Survey
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 380
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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"Since the 1960s, when it usurped the throne securely occupied till then by Hamlet, King Lear has reigned supreme as Shakespeare's masterpiece and the keystone of the canon."
"Shakespeare's Macbeth has come in for some critical battering in recent times."
"Twenty lines in to A Midsummer Night's Dream, when 'merriments', 'mirth' and 'pomp' have been ordered up to close off and reconcile with sportive 'triumph' the memory of the 'injuries' inflicted in the pre-history of the play by 'triumph' of a martial kind."

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  • First Year Published: 2003
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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2Some facets of King Lear

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“Some facets of King Lear” Metadata:

  • Title: Some facets of King Lear
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 237
  • Publisher: ➤  University of Toronto Press - Heinemann
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  • Publish Location: ➤  Buffalo - Buffalo] - [Toronto] - [Toronto - London - Toronto

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  • First Year Published: 1974
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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3King Lear and the naked truth

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“King Lear and the naked truth” Metadata:

  • Title: King Lear and the naked truth
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 383
  • Publisher: Duke University Press
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  • Publish Location: Durham

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  • First Year Published: 1998
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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4Reading Shakespeare in performance

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“Reading Shakespeare in performance” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  Reading Shakespeare in performance
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 245
  • Publisher: ➤  Associated University Presses - Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
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  • Publish Location: London - Rutherford

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  • First Year Published: 1991
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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5Approaches to teaching Shakespeare's King Lear

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“Approaches to teaching Shakespeare's King Lear” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  Approaches to teaching Shakespeare's King Lear
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 166
  • Publisher: ➤  Modern Language Association of America
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  • Publish Location: New York

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  • First Year Published: 1986
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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6"King Lear" by William Shakespeare (Master Guides)

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“"King Lear" by William Shakespeare (Master Guides)” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  "King Lear" by William Shakespeare (Master Guides)
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  • Number of Pages: Median: 104
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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  • First Year Published: 1986
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Printdisabled

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    7Hamlet versus Lear

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    “Hamlet versus Lear” Metadata:

    • Title: Hamlet versus Lear
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    • Language: English
    • Number of Pages: Median: 267
    • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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    • Publish Location: ➤  New York, NY - Cambridge [England]

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    "The Romantic idealization of Shakespeare as a universal genius established him as a figure of enormous cultural authority, yet at the same time democratized him as a representative consciousness, available for each of us to interpret in his or her own way, untrammelled by scholarship, and regardless of social rank."

    Access and General Info:

    • First Year Published: 1993
    • Is Full Text Available: Yes
    • Is The Book Public: No
    • Access Status: Printdisabled

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      8Shakespearean tragedy

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      “Shakespearean tragedy” Metadata:

      • Title: Shakespearean tragedy
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      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 498
      • Publisher: ➤  Fawcett Publications - St. Martin's - Macmillian - Macmillan - Fawcett - Macmillan, [c1905] - Palgrave Macmillan - St Martin's Library - St. Martin's Press - Fawcett Premier - Macmillan and co. - Meridian Books - Sine nomine - Macmillan and co., limited
      • Publish Date: ➤  
      • Publish Location: ➤  New York - Greenwich, Conn - Houndmills, Basingstoke - London, New York - Basingstoke [England] - London - Tokyo

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      • First Year Published: 1904
      • Is Full Text Available: Yes
      • Is The Book Public: Yes
      • Access Status: Public

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