King Lear (Shakespeare - Folger mm)

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Author: William Shakespeare ISBN: 9780743482769 Binding: mass market paperback Section: Drama-Plays Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer d uration of the pain that it represents. Its figures harden their hearts, engage in violence, or try to alleviate the suffering of others. Lear himself rages until his sanity cracks. What, then, keeps bringing us back to King Lear? For all the force of its language, King Lear is almost equally powerful when translated, suggesting that it is the story, in large part, that draws us to the play. Show more