Lear, re di Britannia ha tre figlie tra cui vorrebbe dividere il regno, ma Cordelia, la minore, viene diseredata e va sposa al re di Francia. Il regno è diviso tra Gonerilla, moglie del duca d'Albany, e Regana, moglie del duca di Cornovaglia. Le due scacciano il padre dal regno e in sua difesa giunge con l'esercito francese Cordelia che però viene catturata e uccisa per ordine di Edmondo, usurpatore della contea di Gloucester. Lear muore di dolore, Gonerilla, innamorata di Edmondo, uccide la sorella e trama l'assassinio del marito. Scoperta, si uccide e il regno della Britannia sarà del duca d'Albany.
Alfred Harbage Libri
Alfred Harbage è stato un influente studioso di Shakespeare della metà del XX secolo. Ha anche scritto narrativa poliziesca sotto lo pseudonimo di Thomas Kyd. Il suo lavoro accademico offre profonde intuizioni su Shakespeare, mentre la sua incursione nella narrativa poliziesca rivela una voce letteraria versatile. L'originale percorso di Harbage attraverso il mondo accademico e la narrativa di genere invita i lettori ad apprezzare l'ampiezza dell'espressione letteraria.
The book explores themes of ambition, power, and guilt through the tragic story of Macbeth. It begins with three witches who prophesy that Macbeth will become king, igniting his dark desires. Struggling with his murderous thoughts, he is ultimately spurred on by his wife, Lady Macbeth, leading him to kill King Duncan in his sleep. As Macbeth ascends to the throne, he becomes increasingly paranoid about losing his power, prompting him to murder Banquo, whose ghost haunts him during a banquet. In a desperate search for reassurance, Macbeth consults the witches again, who mislead him into a false sense of security with their cryptic prophecies. However, his downfall is sealed when Macduff, who was born by caesarean section, confronts him. The weight of his actions drives both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to madness and death, leaving a powerful commentary on the consequences of unchecked ambition and moral decay.
The Complete Pelican Shakespeare
The Histories and the Non-Dramatic Poetry
This selection of his poetry-sonnets, and songs and verse from plays, some justly familiar, others less known-offers the quintessence of his remarkable art and provides an enticing introduction to his work.
The Arden Shakespeare - 275: King Lear
- 246pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
The Arden Shakespeare, founded in the 1890s, has, with a continuing process of revision, established itself as the Standard scholarly edition of Shakespeare's works. Each play appears in a seperate volume with critical notes, apparatus, appendices giving extracts from the relevant sources, and a full introduction. For the general Reader and for students who want something more substantial than school texts or a one-volume Shakespeare, the Arden Edition, edited to the highest standards of modern scholarship, has continued to prove invaluable.
SHAKESPEAR'S ROMANCES&COMEDIES COLLECTION,BY THE COMPLETE PELICAN ,1969. PAPERBACK,529 PAGES