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Showing how generations of critics - and Shakespeare himself - have rewritten the ending of King Lear, this sixteenth Approaching Shakespeare lecture engages with the question of tragedy and why it gives pleasure.

Contributors:
Emma Smith
In Collection(s): Questioning Genre, William Shakespeare
Keywords:
shakespeare, criticism, literature, english, language, play, theatre, #greatwriters, Teaching, lesson, Key Stage 5
Source:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Cite:King Lear by Emma Smith at http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/king-lear. Accessed on Saturday, January 16, 2021.

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