...George Walton Williams Copyright © 1986 by Duke University Press 1986 Petitionary Prayer in King Lear George Walton Williams The primary critical problem of King Lear has been shaped for readers by Dr. Johnson s heartfelt remark that he could not force himself to read the ending of the play...

...Fred Miller Robinson Copyright © 1981 by Duke University Press 1981 Nonsense and Sadness in Donald Bartheleme and Edward Lear Fred Miller Robinson He weeps by the side of the ocean, He weeps on the top of the hill; He purchases pancakes and lotion, And chocolate shrimps from the mill.' Edward...

...Jerome Meckier Copyright © 1972 by Duke University Press 1972 Dickens and King Lear: A Myth for Victorian England Jerome Meckier Of all the possible connections between Dickens and Shakespeare, the novelist s admiration for the playwright s tragic genius is the one least explored. When...

...R. W. Babcock This Great Stage: Image and Structure in “King Lear” . By Heilman R. B. . Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press , 1948 . Pp. xi , 339 . $3.50 . Copyright © 1949 by Duke University Press 1949 Book Reviews 301 America. Brazil, at once young and very old...

...John M. Munro Copyright © 1964 by Duke University Press 1964 The Problem of Choice in King Lear* John M. Munro The French have been defeated by the British and Lear and Cor­ delia have been taken prisoner. Cordelia is ready to accept her fate and out-frown false Fortune s frown, but fears...

...S. K. Heninger, Jr. Shakespeare’s Poetics: In Relation to King Lear . By Fraser Russell A. . New York : Hillary House Publishers , 1963 . Pp. [ xi ], 184 . $6.00 . Copyright © 1964 by Duke University Press 1964 438 The South Atlantic Quarterly Shakespeare s Poetics...

...Gerald Monsman Edward Lear: The Life of a Wanderer . By Noakes Vivian . Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co. , 1969 . Pp. 359 . $8.95 . Copyright © 1969 by Duke University Press 1969 560 The South Atlantic Quarterly they have no place in a publication by a university press. What...