Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 426 T2 - Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta--Tomsk State University Journal SP - 5-13 ID - bbbo965 T1 - "The Shakespeare Text of the Story 'A Lear of the Steppes' by I. Turgenev: Characters' Images" AU - Volkov, Ivan O PY - 2018 DA - 2026 DO - 10.17223/15617793/426/1 LA - Russian AB - Contends that Turgenev effectively presents Martin Harlov as a King Lear figure in "Lear of the Steppes," a loose adaptation, adding gravitas to his story. Recounts how Turgenev's characters, sitting around a table, share one Shakespearean character "they have met in reality: Hamlet, Othello, Falstaff, Richard III and Macbeth," before turning to Lear. Russian summary, 5; English summary, 13. ER -