Lear's Self-discoveryUniversity of California Press, 1967 - 154 pages |
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... insight as mainly the failure to behave sensi- bly , or the habit of making hasty decisions . This interpretation of nosce teipsum as prudential wisdom can lead critics to the conclu- sion that Lear makes no self - discovery at all ...
... insight as mainly the failure to behave sensi- bly , or the habit of making hasty decisions . This interpretation of nosce teipsum as prudential wisdom can lead critics to the conclu- sion that Lear makes no self - discovery at all ...
Page 53
... insight . Also impressively approaching true insight are the two passages wherein Richard explicitly looks at himself . The superior is the first . In the process of pitying himself and blaming others for his fall , he has a sudden ...
... insight . Also impressively approaching true insight are the two passages wherein Richard explicitly looks at himself . The superior is the first . In the process of pitying himself and blaming others for his fall , he has a sudden ...
Page 91
... insight . But once Gloucester has been physically blinded , he begins to see : I stumbled when I saw . Full oft ' tis seen , Our means secure us , and our mere defects Prove our commodities . ( IV.i.21–23 ) He is no longer morally blind ...
... insight . But once Gloucester has been physically blinded , he begins to see : I stumbled when I saw . Full oft ' tis seen , Our means secure us , and our mere defects Prove our commodities . ( IV.i.21–23 ) He is no longer morally blind ...
Contents
Some Renaissance Contexts | 12 |
The Emergence of Lear as Thinker | 44 |
Other Characters on the Rack | 83 |
Copyright | |
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