"Lear, King of Britain, has three daughters: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Intending to divide his kingdom among his daughters according to their affection for him, he asks them to say which loves him most. Goneril and Regan profess their extreme affection, and each receives one-third of the kingdom. Cordelia, disgusted with their hollow flattery, says she loves him according to her duty, no more or less. Infuriated with this reply, Lear divides her portion between Goneril and Regan. Eventually, the two daughters reveal their true heartlessness and a tragic chain of events are set into motion." -- Container.

Originally produced in 1998.

The Golden Age and the Renaissance /Harry Levin -- An apology for the study of Renaissance poetry / Arthur E. Barker -- Shakespeare's art: the point of view / Fredson Bowers -- "All this for a song?" / Bertrand H. Bronson -- Boswell revalued / Frederick A. Pottle -- The fate of pleasure: Wordsworth to Dostoevsky / Lionel Trilling -- New England's transcendentalism: native or imported? / Perry Miller -- Culture and anarchy on the frontier / Louis B. Wright -- The problem of spiritual authority in the nineteenth century / Northrop Frye -- The literary scholar as chameleon / Willard Throp -- The literary criticism of Frank Raymond Leavis / Reneâ Wellek.