King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, G...(展开全部)

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King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, G...(展开全部)

'By far the best edition of King Lear - in respect of both textual and other matters - that we now have.'John Lyon, English Language Notes'This volume is a treasure-trove of precise information and stimulating comments on practically every aspect of the Lear-universe. I know of no other edition which I would recommend with such confidence: to students, professional colleagues a...(展开全部)

The first drama in the Oedipus Trilogy, "Oedipus Rex," is the tragic tale of Oedipus who has accidentally killed his father and married his mother. One of the most widely read of all Greek tragedies, "Oedipus Rex," stands as one of not only the greatest dramas from classical antiquity but as one of the greatest dramas of all time. Its influence on literature and theatre cannot ...(展开全部)

Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro shows how the tumultuous events in England in 1606 affected Shakespeare and shaped the three great tragedies he wrote that year—King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. In the years leading up to 1606, since the death of Queen Elizabeth and the arrival in England of her successor, King James of Scotland, Shakespeare’s great prod...(展开全部)

沃尔特・阿尔瓦雷斯（Walter Alvarez），美国国家科学院院士，美国加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校地质学和地球物理学教授。其父路易斯・阿尔瓦雷斯（Luis Alvarez）是该校物理学教授，曾因发现许多亚原子粒子而荣获1968年诺贝尔物理学奖。在很大程度上，查明天体撞击地球如何导致恐龙灭绝，应归功于这父子俩的密切合作。

沃尔特・阿尔瓦雷斯（Walter Alvarez），美国国家科学院院士，美国加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校地质学和地球物理学教授。其父路易斯・阿尔瓦雷斯（Luis Alvarez）是该校物理学教授，曾因发现许多亚原子粒子而荣获1968年诺贝尔物理学奖。在很大程度上，查明天体撞击地球如何导致恐龙灭绝，应归功于这父子俩的密切合作。

Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mt. Everest slammed into the Earth, causing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized impactor and debris from the impact site were blasted out through the atmosphere, falling back to Earth all around the globe. Terrible environmental disasters ensued, including a giant ...(展开全部)

This innovative work argues that Shakespeare was as great a philosopher as he was a poet, and that his greatness as a poet derived even more from his power as a thinker than from his genius for linguistic expression. Accordingly, Leon Craig's interpretation of the plays - focusing primarily on Macbeth and King Lear, but including extensive comments on Othello, The Winter's Tal...(展开全部)