King Lear. Shakespeare's Dark Consolations, Hardback/***

A book on the experience of reading Shakespeare's 'dark plays' which 'often begin with lives falling apart: an event-shipwreck, exile, doubt, or unexpected love-derails what had seemed secure. Those who participate in the plays, as players, audience members, or readers, are invited to see in those events the vulnerability of their own lives. Publisher: Oxford University Press Author(s): Arthur W. (Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary) Frank Number of pages: 176 Collection: My Reading Publication date: 2022 Dimensions: 143 x 224 x 18 Cover type: Hardback