Anthony Gilbert engages structuralist theory, suggesting that the connection between signifier and signified is loosened and exposed as arbitrary, allowing for alternative interpretations of the sense.

Essays on themes and meanings in King Lear.

Lear-related information, compiled by Ed Friedlander M.D.

Full text, summaries, character information, and quotes.

Online facsimile of the Second Quarto (1608/1619) edition.

Complete text, forum, and live chat devoted to Shakespeare's King Lear.

Ken Jackson reviews the Judy Kronenfeld book.

Essay regarding the conflict within the parent/child relationship as exemplified in King Lear.

Ben Ross Schneider, Jr. suggests that "one way of bridging the gap between us and Shakespeare might be to imagine what it was like to live under the material conditions determining human existence in Shakespeare's time and deducing what the moral consequences of these conditions might be."

Scene summaries by high school student Kevin Richards.

Bryan N. S. Gooch reviews the James Ogden and Arthur H. Scouten book.

Slide show of annotated quotes.

By Donald LaGreca. First published in the Spring 1986 Shakespeare Oxford Society Newsletter.

Steve Sohmer argues that "textual evidence in the Q1 Lear suggests that the play was purpose-written (or substantially revised) for performance before King James I on 26 December 1606."

An essay that considers whether the character of King Lear in Shakespeare's tragedy is a tragic hero.

History and analysis of the play.

A list of book and play titles derived from King Lear.