Lear's Self-discoveryUniversity of California Press, 1967 - 154 pages |
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Page 83
... human world which proves the greater tor- ment to the King . This is made up of Cordelia with her “ noth ing " ; of the totally inflexible evil daughters ; of the brutal Corn- wall , whose indoor form of cruelty adds the exquisitely " human ...
... human world which proves the greater tor- ment to the King . This is made up of Cordelia with her “ noth ing " ; of the totally inflexible evil daughters ; of the brutal Corn- wall , whose indoor form of cruelty adds the exquisitely " human ...
Page 86
... humanity which tries to assert its more human features in a tough world . Edgar is unquestionably an adaptable personality , the most adaptable in the play . But so changing is his role , and so tied is it to the function of plot and ...
... humanity which tries to assert its more human features in a tough world . Edgar is unquestionably an adaptable personality , the most adaptable in the play . But so changing is his role , and so tied is it to the function of plot and ...
Page 88
... human inhabitants , those who do not choose , like Cornwall , Goneril , and Regan , to go indoors . Once Edgar has , as had Lear and Gloucester in a less real sense , been dispossessed and exiled , he starts like the others upon what he ...
... human inhabitants , those who do not choose , like Cornwall , Goneril , and Regan , to go indoors . Once Edgar has , as had Lear and Gloucester in a less real sense , been dispossessed and exiled , he starts like the others upon what he ...
Contents
Some Renaissance Contexts | 12 |
The Emergence of Lear as Thinker | 44 |
Other Characters on the Rack | 83 |
Copyright | |
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