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Date published
2016
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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Contributors
Vickers Brian William as Author,
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Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear Criticism, Textual.
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Accession number
83428332
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Class
Reading Room - 50.17 commentary/VIC
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Physical description
xix, 387 pages : 1 facsimile ; 24 cm
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Contents: King Lear at the printer -- Adjusting text space to print space in the Shakespeare folio and quartos -- Nicholas Okes compresses the play -- Nicholas Okes abridges it -- One play, one manuscript, two printed books -- The Folio editors regularize Shakespeare -- The King's Men abridge a tragedy -- The "two versions" revisited -- Conclusion : Toward a new consensus.