Lear's Self-discoveryUniversity of California Press, 1967 - 154 pages |
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Page 30
... awareness of which , when all our boasting and self - assurance are laid low , should truly humble us and overwhelm us with shame.15 In his earlier section on self - knowledge , Calvin had written : " For we always seem to ourselves ...
... awareness of which , when all our boasting and self - assurance are laid low , should truly humble us and overwhelm us with shame.15 In his earlier section on self - knowledge , Calvin had written : " For we always seem to ourselves ...
Page 108
... awareness that he has done wrong , that aspect of his identity which formerly always sustained him : he is a king . Then , in one of his great scenes of merging recognition , he is identified by the blinded Gloucester as the King ...
... awareness that he has done wrong , that aspect of his identity which formerly always sustained him : he is a king . Then , in one of his great scenes of merging recognition , he is identified by the blinded Gloucester as the King ...
Page 122
... awareness of what he seeks , to anticipate what he will learn about " poor naked wretches " in the storm scene . Even without having seen any of these wretches , he is able under the tutelage of the storm and his own complaining body ...
... awareness of what he seeks , to anticipate what he will learn about " poor naked wretches " in the storm scene . Even without having seen any of these wretches , he is able under the tutelage of the storm and his own complaining body ...
Contents
Some Renaissance Contexts | 12 |
The Emergence of Lear as Thinker | 44 |
Other Characters on the Rack | 83 |
Copyright | |
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