A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings?as madness, murder, and the anguish of insight and forgiveness that arrive too late combine to make this an all-embracing tragedy of evil and suffering.

Each Edition Includes:
? Comprehensive explanatory notes
? Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship
? Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English
? Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories
? An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography

182 pages, illustrations

Media	Böcker Pocketbok (Bok med mjukt omslag och limmad rygg)
Releasedatum	1988
ISBN13	9780553212976
Utgivare	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group I
Antal sidor	352
Mått	171 × 106 × 27 mm · 176 g
Språk	Engelska
Redaktör	Bevington, David
Redaktör	Kastan, David Scott