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King Lear has again and again been described as Shakespeare’s greatest work, the best of his plays, the tragedy in which he exhibits most fully his multitudinous powers; and if we were doomed to lose all his dramas except one, probably the majority of those who know and appreciate him best would pronounce for keeping King Lear.
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Bradley, A.C. (1992). King Lear. In: Shakespearean Tragedy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22059-5_7
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