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LEAR,MACBETH,INDEFINITION,AND TRAGEDY  \nStephen Booth  \nCybereditions  \nCybereditions CorporationChristchurch,New Zealandwww.cybereditions.comcybereditions@cybereditions.com  \nCybereditions welcomes comments from readers.In particular we wish to be informed of any misprintsor errors in our books,so that we may correct them.  \nCopyright ◎2001 Stephen BoothThe moral right of the author is asserted.  \nAll rights reserved.This publication is copyrighted and protectedby International and Pan American Copyright Conventions.Other than for personal use,no part of it may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form orby any means without the prior permission in writing ofCybereditions Corp.The unauthorized reproduction,storage,transmission or commercial exploitation ofany material in this publication may result in civilliability and criminal prosecution.  \nPrinted in the United States of America.  \nISBN 1-877275-51-4  \nThe first edition of tbis book waspublisbed by Yale University Press in I983  \nFor  \nCONTENTS  \nPreface  \n9  \nPART IOn the Greatness of King Lear  \nI The Promised End  \nI72 Something More to Say233 Identity and Definition3I4 Altogether Fool435 Inconclusion52  \nINTERLUDE  \nLikenesses and Differences between  \nLove's Labor's Lost and King Lear,Comedy And Tragedy69  \nPART I  \nMacbeth,Aristotle,Definition,and Tragedy  \nI Hold Enough87  \n2 Fair Is Foul,and Foul Is Fair  \n109  \nAPPENDIX1  \nOn the Persistence of First Impressions  \nI23  \nAPPENDIX 2  \nSpeculations on Doubling in Shakespeare's PlaysI29  \nNotesI55Index of plays,scenes and linesI73","cbCaicuMsUfYNIYz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicuMsUfYNIYz","pdf",9304231,184,"English","# PART I On the Greatness of King Lear\n## 1 The Promised End\n## 2 Something More to Say\n## 3 Identity and Definition\n## 4 Altogether Fool\n## 5 Inconclusion\n# INTERLUDE\n## Likenesses and Differences between Love's Labor's Lost and King Lear, Comedy And Tragedy\n# PART 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