Shakespeare's Poetics: In Relation to King Lear

by Russell A. Fraser

First published in 1962. This volume gives as complete an account as possible of the Shakespearian experience, particularly in terms of one play, King Lear, but in general against the context of all of Shakespeare's work and that of the age in which it was created. Chapters cover: King Lear in the Renaissance; Providence; Kind; Fortune; Anarchy and Order; Reason and Will; Show and Substance; Redemption and Shakespeare's Poetics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415352886
• ISBN13: 9780415352888
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"