Shakespeare, William: 1564-1616

King Lear, 1608 - Background

  • A collection of folk tales with the King Lear motif. These tales lend themselves very well to be used as group work while reading King Lear.
  • Edward St Aubyn's King Lear and the future of literary fiction. Shakespeare’s thundering patriarch as a modern media baron in Dunbar, and we consider the plight of literary novelists.