About the Book

A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings–as madness, murder, and the anguish of insight and forgiveness that arrive too late combine to make this an all-embracing tragedy of evil and suffering.

Each Edition Includes:
• Comprehensive explanatory notes
• Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship
• Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English
• Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories
• An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography

All Editions

9780393926644
Paperback, 9th Edition
ISBN13: 9780393926644
W. W. Norton, 2008
9780198320548
Paperback, 18th Edition
ISBN13: 9780198320548
Oxford University Press, 2002
9781853260957
Paperback, 13th Edition
ISBN13: 9781853260957
Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1997
9780553212976
Paperback, 10th Edition
ISBN13: 9780553212976
Random House, 1988
9780140623819
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780140623819
Penguin Books, 1958

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