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Keyword king
- "Fairies and Gods": A Socio-Religious Context for King Lear
- http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/FAIRES%20ANDGODS.txt
- Wylie, Jessica. "Faires and Gods: A Socio-Religious Context for King Lear." SHAKSPER via Early Modern Literary Studies. Wylie explores the Celtic-pagan and Roman influences of and the interplay of these influences in King Lear:
- keywords: celtic, king, Lr, lear, pagan, roman, religion
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-08
- "Is This the Promised End?": The Tragedy of King Lear
- http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/southerr/lear.html
- Oates, Joyce Carol. "'Is This the Promised End?': The Tragedy of King Lear." (Originally published in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 33.1 (1974): 19-32. Oates examines the scene in which Lear awakes to find Cordelia beside him (4.7) and how it functions in terms of the end of the play:
- keywords: art, criticism, end, king, Lr, lear, tragedy
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-08
- "The Thing Itself": Staging Male Sexual Vulnerability in King Lear
- http://www.marshall.edu/engsr/SR1999.html#A2
- Shurgot, Michael W. "'The Thing Itself': Staging Male Sexual Vulnerability in King Lear." Shakespeare and Renaissance Association of West Virginia (SRASP) 22 (1999). Shurgot examines the thematic significance of the nude scenes in the Royal National Theatre's 1997 production of King Lear:
- keywords: king, Lr, lear, nudity, performance
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-08
- A Serpent's Tooth
- http://www.geocities.com/~jbenz/lear.html
- Richard Nathan's How Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth It Is to Have a Thankless Child is his parody of King Lear as written for W. C. Fields:
- keywords: adaptation, king, Lr, lear, script
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Fun stuff
- valid as of 2005-08-02
- Bible: King James Version
- http://www.hti.umich.edu/relig/kjv/
- The Humanities Text Initiative of the University of Michigan includes this searchable edition of the King James Bible:
- keywords: bible, edition, religion, james, king
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Religion and the Church > The Church > Bible
- valid as of 2005-09-15
- Books of the Bible (King James Version)
- http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/Bible/
- A searchable King James Bible is available from Kyoto Notre Dame University:
- keywords: bible, james, king
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Religion and the Church > The Church > Bible
- valid as of 2005-09-15
- Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=harsnett&PagePosition=1
- Samuel Harsnett's A Declaration of egregious Popish Impostures (1603) was used by Shakespeare as his source for the names of demons in King Lear. Locate this text at the Furness Collection:
- keywords: king, lear, Lr, demons
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- Don King's Shakespeare
- http://www.montreat.edu/dking/Shakespeare/English301.htm
- Study materials from Don King's Shakespeare course at Montreat College. Special emphasis on the major tragedies and comedies:
- keywords: college, english, king
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Courses and Study Materials > Courses
- valid as of 2005-09-06
- Edgar and Kingship in the Three King Lears
- http://www.marshall.edu/engsr/SR1999.html#_Edgar_and_Kingship
- Stoll, Abraham. "Edgar and Kingship in the Three King Lears." West Virginia Shakespeare and Renaissance Association Selected Papers (SRASP) 22 (1999). Stoll explores the different ideas of kingship in the Tate, Quarto, and Folio versions of King Lear and constructs his own reading kingship based on all these sources:
- keywords: folio, king, kingship, Lr, lear, quarto, tate
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-08
English Monarchs- http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/
- The site is a comprehensive history of the monarchs of England from Saxon times to the present day:
- keywords: king, monarch, queen, plantagenet, royalty, tudor
- found in: Renaissance Sites > History
- valid as of 2008-03-07
Enjoying King Lear by William Shakespeare- http://www.pathguy.com/kinglear.htm
- Ed Friedlander has created this non-scholarly site intended as a resource for students and general readers of King Lear. This site is wonderfully laid out for the beginner enthusiast:
- keywords: king, lear, lr
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-09
- Hal Imitates The Sun
- http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/MORAL%20SHAKES-5.txt
- Schneider, Ben Ross. "Hal Imitates The Sun." SHAKSPER via Early Modern Literary Studies. A positive spin on the character of King Henry V both in light of and in spite of war, prisoners, religious politics, and his pursuit of Catherine:
- keywords: character, H5, henry V, king, politics
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Henry V
- valid as of 2005-09-08
- Holy War in Henry Fifth
- http://cla.calpoly.edu/~smarx/Publications/henry.html
- Marx, Steven. "Holy War in Henry Fifth." Shakespeare Survey, 48 (1995). Marx explores the connection between Henry V and conceptions of holy war in the Bible:
- keywords: bible, fifth, H5, henry, king, religion, war
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Henry V
- valid as of 2005-09-08
King Lear (Folio)- http://ise.uvic.ca/Annex/Texts/Lr/F1/Scene/
- The Internet Shakespeare Editions' old-spelling edition of the Folio (1623), available either as formatted in the original, by pages; in acts and scenes; or as a single long file:
- keywords: edition, folio, king, lear, lr, scenes, 1623
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Old spelling > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-12
King Lear (Quarto text)- http://ise.uvic.ca/Annex/Texts/Lr/Q1/Scene/
- The Internet Shakespeare Editions' old-spelling edition of the King Lear Quarto (1608), available either as formatted in the original, by pages; in acts and scenes or as a single long file:
- keywords: edition, king, lear, lr, quarto, scenes, 1608
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Old spelling > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- King Lear Beyond Reason: Love and Justice in the Family
- http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9310/schwehn.html
- Schwehn, Mark R. "King Lear Beyond Reason: Love and Justice in the Family." First Things 36 (October 1993): 25-33. A thematic approach to King Lear focussing on the love relationship between parent and child:
- keywords: Lr, king, lear, family, love
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-08
- King Lear and the Culture of Justice
- http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/MORAL%20SHAKES-3.txt
- Schneider, Jr., Ben Ross. "King Lear and the Culture of Justice." SHAKSPER via Early Modern Literary Studies, 1997. Schneider re-evaluates reading the character of King Lear as a victim:
- keywords: culture, king, Lr, lear, victim
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-08
- King Lear home
- http://larryavisbrown.homestead.com/files/Lear/lear_home.htm
- "The Complete Text of Shakespeare's King Lear with Quarto and Folio Variations, Annotations, and Commentary" is provided by Dr. Larry A. Brown:
- keywords: folio, king, lear, lr, quarto
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Hypertexts
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- King Lear in Its Own Time: The Difference that Death Makes
- http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/01-1/schnlear.html
- Schneider, Jr., Ben Ross. "King Lear in Its Own Time: The Difference that Death Makes." Early Modern Literary Studies 1.1 (1995): 3.1-49. Schneider disagrees with the modern idea that Shakespeare's is a timeless genius of human nature and reads King Lear in the specific context of the time in which it was written and in terms of Elizabethan conceptions of death:
- keywords: death, Lr, lear, king
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-08
- Lear's Lapse: Foreshadowing King Lear I. i.
- http://www.io.com/~jlockett/Grist/English/lear.html
- Locket, Joseph. "Lear's Lapse: Foreshadowings in King Lear I.i." Grist for the Mill: Papers, Projects, Positions, 1996. Locket discusses the early signs in King Lear that point towards the eventual dissolution of Lear's kingdom into social chaos:
- keywords: Lr, lear, king, social
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-10-20
- Printing: Renaissance & Reformation
- http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/sccoll/renprint/renprint.html
- Printing: Renaissance and Reformation is a "virtual exhibit" by the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections of the University of South Carolina. Contains good scans of many printed works, including the cover of the King James Bible:
- keywords: bible, james, king, reformation, printing
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Research Resources > Printing in the Renaissance
- valid as of 2005-09-15
- Richard III
- http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/r3.html
- An edited version of Thomas More's History of King Richard the Third is available at Renascence Editions:
- keywords: R3, history, king, moore, richard
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > Richard III
- valid as of 2005-09-14
Richard III Society - American Branch- http://www.r3.org
- The Richard III Society's mandate is to fight the myths and disparaging allusions which have grown up around the historical figure. Many of these are a result of the popularity of Shakespeare's play, which paints a rather grim figure of a King who actually instigated many social advancements in England:
- keywords: england, history, king, richard, r3, myth
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources > Individual plays > Richard III
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- Selected Poetry of Henry VIII, King of England (1491-1547)
- http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poet/157.html
- Selected poems by Henry VIII, King of England are available at Representative Poetry Online:
- keywords: england, h8, henry, king, poetry
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > English > Henry VIII, of England
- valid as of 2005-09-12
Shakespeare Lectures- http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/eng366/lectures/lectures.htm
- Johnson, Ian. Lectures: Studies in Shakespeare Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, Spring 2002. Course lectures on numerous Shakespeare plays including Henry IV, Part 1, Henry V, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, The Tempest, Antony and Cleopatra, Richard II, and Richard III as well as Shakespeare background material:
- keywords: ant, anthony, cleopatra, ayl, as you like it, lectures, english, ham, hamlet, 1h4, h8, henry, lr, king, lear, mac, macbeth, r2, r3, richard, tempest, tmp, twelfth night, tn
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Courses and Study Materials > Study materials
- valid as of 2005-09-06
- Shakespeare's Edward III
- http://www.marshall.edu/engsr/SR1998.html#Shakespeare's%20Edward
- Godshalk, W. L. "Shakespeare's Edward III." West Virginia Shakespeare and Renaissance Association Selected Papers (SRASP) 21 (1998). Godshalk attempts to date, ascribe authorship, and read King Edward's character in terms of Sonnet 94:
- keywords: authorship, date, Edw, edward, king, sonnet
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Edward III
- valid as of 2005-09-07
- The King Lear Quarto in Rehearsal and Performance
- http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/Q1LEAR%20PERFORM.txt
- Richman, David. "The King Lear Quarto in Rehearsal and Performance." SHAKSPER via Early Modern Literary Studies . Richman discusses performing from the quarto, rather than the recommended folio or conflated versions of King Lear:
- keywords: archive, folio, king, Lr, lear, performance, quarto
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-08
The Learning City, Key Stage 2 History - On Board the Mary Rose- http://www.maryrose.org/lcity/index.htm
- The Learning City: On Board the Mary Rose offers a virtual tour of the 16th century ship as it might have been. A good narrative of King Henry VIII's quest to build up the English navy with excellent graphics can be viewed at:
- keywords: H8, ship, henry, king, mary, rose, navy
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Research Resources
- valid as of 2005-09-15
- The Lunar Calendar of Shakespeare's King Lear
- http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/05-2/sohmlear.htm
- Sohmer, Steve. "The Lunar Calendar of Shakespeare's King Lear." Early Modern Literary Studies 5.2 (1999): 2.1-17. Sohmer analyzes the dates in King Lear to provide evidence that the lunar calendar was one of Shakespeare's sources and suggests the possibility that the play was performed for King James I on December 26, 1606 as well as the significance of this date:
- keywords: calendar, date, early modern, james, king, Lr, lear
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-08
- The Misogyny of Richard III in More's History of King Richard III and Shakespeare's Tragedy of King Richard the Third
- http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/MORESHAK%20RICHARD3.txt
- Lakowski, Ramuald I. "The Misogyny of Richard III in More's History of King Richard III and Shakespeare's Tragedy of King Richard the Third." SHAKSPER via Early Modern Literary Studies, 1992. Lakowski explores Shakespeare's interpretation of More's account of King Richard III's misogyny:
- keywords: history, king, misogyny, R3, richard, sources, tragedy
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > Richard III
- valid as of 2005-09-08
- The Richard III and Yorkist History Server
- http://www.r3.org/bookcase/more/index.html
- The Richard III Society has many texts in their e-library including More's The History of King Richard III. Locate this text at:
- keywords: R3, history, king, moore, richard, york
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > Richard III
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- The Tragedy of King Lear
- http://quarles.unbc.ca/lisad_html/index.html
- A hypertext edition of King Lear by UNBC student Lisa Drysdale. It includes a short introduction with a summary of what she sees as the play's main themes:
- keywords: edition, king, lear, lr
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Hypertexts
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- Two Lears For Television: An Exploration of Televisual Strategies
- http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/shaksper/files/TWOLEARS%20FOR_TV.txt
- Cook, Hardy M. "Two Lears for Television: An Exploration of Televisual Strategies." SHAKSPER via Early Modern Literary Studies. Cook compares two versions of King Lear-- Jonathan Miller's 1982 version with Michael Hordern as Lear for the series "The Shakespeare Plays" and Michael Elliott's with Lawrence Olivier.
- keywords: king, Lr, lear, performance, television
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Criticism > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-08
- Weather in Shakespheare - King Lear
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/shakespeare_lear.shtml
- You might not expect to find a commentary on King Lear at the BBC Weather web site but here it is - "Weather in Shakespeare - King Lear." This page also contains links to weather explanations concerning Macbeth, The Tempest, and Sonnet 18:
- keywords: king, lear, lr, weather, pathetic fallacy
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-13
- Welcome to the Mary Rose
- http://www.maryrose.org/
- This site is dedicated to the Mary Rose, the only 16th century warship on display in the world. The ship was a favourite of King Henry VIII. View this site at:
- keywords: henry, king, mary, rose, ship, sailing
- found in: Renaissance Sites > History > Combat
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- 1 Henry IV: Quarto
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=henryIV&PagePosition=1
- The historie of Henry the Fourth : vvith the battell at Shrewsbury, betweene the King, and Lord Henry Percy, surnamed Henry Hotspur of the North. With the humorous conceits of Sir Iohn Falstaffe. London : Printed by J. Norton, 1639. (King Henry IV):
- keywords: history, henry, 1h4, king, london
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- Cibber's Richard III
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=richIII_cibber&PagePosition=1
- The tragical history of King Richard III as it is acted at the Theatre Royal. London: Printed for B. Lintott at the Middle temple-gate, in Eleet-street [!], and A. Bettesworth at the Red-Lyon on London-bridge, 1700. (King Lear):
- keywords: cibber, history, king, london, richard, r3, theater
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- James's Richard III Promptbook
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=richIII_james&PagePosition=1
- The Furness Collection houses a copy of Shakspeare's historical tragedy of Richard III/ adapted to representation by Colley Cibber ; as played by Kemble, Cooke, and Kean and re-produced at the Park Theatre, New York, Jan. 7th, 1846. New York: S. French, 1846. (King Richard III):
- keywords: cibber, french, historical, james, king, promptbook, r3, richard, theatre, tragedy, york
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- King Lear: Quarto 2
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=lear_q2&PagePosition=1
- M. VVilliam [Shake]-speare: his true chronicle history of the life and death of King Lear and his three daughters, with the unfortunate life of Edgar, sonne and heire to the Earle of Glocester,and his sullen and assumed humour of Tom of Bedlam. London: Printed for Nathaniel Butter, 1608 [i.e. 1619]. (King Lear):
- keywords: chronicle, death, history, king, lear, life, london, lr
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- Marlowe's Jew of Malta
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=jew_of_malta&PagePosition=1
- The famous tragedy of the rich Jew of Malta, as it was playd before the king and queene in his majesties theatre at White-Hall. London : Printed by I.B. for Nicholas Vavasour, 1633. This text is available at the Furness Collection:
- keywords: jew, king, library, london, malta, marlowe, theatre, tragedy
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > English > Marlowe, Christopher
- valid as of 2005-09-13
- More's Life of Richard III
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=more_richIII&PagePosition=1
- More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535. The tragicall historie of the life and reigne of Richard the third. Written by the right honorable Sir Thomas Moore, Lord Chancellor of England. In The historie of the pittiful life and unfortunate death of Edward the fifth and the then Duke of Yorke, his brother ; with, The troublesome and tyrranical government of usurping Richard the third, and his miserable end. London: T. Payne and sold by M. Young, 1641. This text is available throug the Furness Collection at:
- keywords: R3, king, edward, richard, yorke, source, moore
- found in: Renaissance Sites > Authors and Texts > Shakespeare's sources > Richard III
- valid as of 2005-09-14
- Pope's Lear
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=lear_pope&PagePosition=1
- The life and death of King Lear. In The works of Shakespear : in six volumes / collated and corrected by the former editions, by Mr. Pope. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, in the Strand, 1723-1725. (King Lear):
- keywords: death, king, lear, life, london, lr
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Texts > Facsimiles
- valid as of 2005-09-12
- Tate's Lear
- http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=lear_tate&PagePosition=1
- Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. The History of King Lear: Acted at the Duke's Theatre. London: Printed for E. Flesher, 1681. This text is made available by the University of Pennsylvania:
- keywords: history, king, lear, lr, london, theater
- found in: Shakespeare Sites > Research Resources > Individual plays > King Lear
- valid as of 2005-09-09
- The Age of King Charles V
- http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/aaccueil.htm
- The Bibliotheque Nationale de France presents "The Age of King Charles V (1338-1380)"; access over 1,000 illuminations from the Department of Manuscripts at this site:
- keywords: king, charles
- found in: Renaissance Sites > History
- valid as of 2005-09-14