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Many critics hold that Shakespeare's King Lear is primarily a drama of meaningful suffering and redemption within a just universe ruled by providential higher powers. William Elton's King Lear and the Gods challenges the validity of this widespread optimistic view. Testing the prevailing v...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Elton, William R., 1921-2000 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1988.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > King Lear.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Religion.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
King Lear (Shakespeare, William)
Religion in literature.
Religion dans la littérature.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
DRAMA > Shakespeare.
Religion.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on the Text; Part I; I. The Problem; II. Renaissance Concepts of Providence; III. Sidney's Arcadia: Four Attitudes to Providence; IV. From Leir to Lear; Part II; V. Prisca Theologia: Cordelia and Edgar; VI. Pagan Atheism: Goneril and Regan, Edmund; VII. Pagan Superstition: Gloucester; VIII. Deus Absconditus: Lear; Part III; IX. Double Plot; X. Minor Characters: Kent, Cornwall, Albany, the Fool; XI. Irony as Structure; XII. Conclusion; King Lear Studies: 1967-1987; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V.

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