King Lear and the Gods /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
1988
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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 view against the play's acknowledged sources, and analyzing the functions of the double plot, the characters, and the play's implicit ironies, Elton concludes that this standard interpretation constitutes a serious misreading of the tragedy. |
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| Item Description: | Wx; y; z. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (386 pages) |
| Bibliography: | "King Lear studies, 1967-1987": pages 339-345 Includes bibliographical references (pages ix-x) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813161303 0813161304 0813116406 9780813116402 0813101786 9780813101781 0813160057 9780813160054 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Vendor-provided metadata. |
