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Oxford Literature Companions: King Lear
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Book Description
Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companions provide student-friendly analysis of a range of popular A Level set texts. Each book offers a lively, engaging approach to the text, covering characterisation and role, genre, context, language, themes, structure, performance and critical views, whilst also providing a range of varied and in-depth activities to deepen understanding and encourage close work wtih the text. Each book
also includes a comprehensive Skills and Practice section, which provides detailed advice on assessment and a bank of exam-style questions and annotated sample student answers. This guide covers King Lear by William Shakespeare.
Table of Contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Plot and Structure
- Plot
- Structure
- Context
- Biography of William Shakespeare
- Political background
- Social background
- Religion and superstition
- Health and sickness
- Theatre and entertainment
- Crime and punishment
- Shakespeare’s sources for King Lear
- Genre
- Drama
- Shakespearean tragedy
- Characterization and Roles
- King Lear
- Earl of Gloucester
- Edmund
- Edgar
- Goneril and Regan
- Cordelia
- The Fool
- Kent
- Oswald
- Language
- Blank verse and prose
- Images and symbols
- Language and character
- Themes
- Power and powerlessness
- Justice
- Fathers and children
- Appearance and reality, disguise and deceit
- Religion and belief
- Performance
- History of King Lear performance
- Shakespeare’s stagecraft
- Critical Views
- 17th to 19th-century criticism
- 20th and 21st-century criticism
- Skills and Practice
- The exam
- Understanding the question
- Planning your answer
- Writing your answer
- Using textual references and quotations
- Sample questions
- Sample answers
- Glossary and Further Reading
- Back Cover
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