Lear's Self-discoveryUniversity of California Press, 1967 - 154 pages |
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Page 46
... early plays is that his protago- nists are young men , in whom will conventionally prevails over reason . III This is , however , not true of Shakespeare's first tragedy , Titus Andronicus . Here we have , as in King Lear , an extremely ...
... early plays is that his protago- nists are young men , in whom will conventionally prevails over reason . III This is , however , not true of Shakespeare's first tragedy , Titus Andronicus . Here we have , as in King Lear , an extremely ...
Page 69
... early heroes.12 Here we have , not a reasonable explanation of action , but a " Know that we have divided / In three our kingdom " ( I.i. 38-39 ) , reminiscent of the early " knowing " of Othello . What Lear does throughout this scene ...
... early heroes.12 Here we have , not a reasonable explanation of action , but a " Know that we have divided / In three our kingdom " ( I.i. 38-39 ) , reminiscent of the early " knowing " of Othello . What Lear does throughout this scene ...
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... early Renais- sance stage kindred learn , the preparation for death must be at- tended by the most arduous of ... earliest con- Is Man No More Than This ? 119.
... early Renais- sance stage kindred learn , the preparation for death must be at- tended by the most arduous of ... earliest con- Is Man No More Than This ? 119.
Contents
Some Renaissance Contexts | 12 |
The Emergence of Lear as Thinker | 44 |
Other Characters on the Rack | 83 |
Copyright | |
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