Shakespeare's Poetics: In relation to King Lear

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Routledge, 11. okt 2013 - 232 pages

First published in 1962.

This volume gives as complete an account as possible of the Shakespearian experience, particularly in terms of one play, King Lear, but in general against the context of all of Shakespeare's work and that of the age in which it was created.

Chapters cover: King Lear in the Renaissance; Providence; Kind; Fortune; Anarchy and Order; Reason and Will; Show and Substance; Redemption and Shakespeare's Poetics.

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Contents

I KING LEAR IN THE RENAISSANCE
1
II PROVIDENCE
17
III KIND
30
IV FORTUNE
46
V ANARCHY AND ORDER
61
VI REASON AND WILL
85
VII SHOW AND SUBSTANCE
103
VIII REDEMPTION
119
IX SHAKESPEARES POETICS
138
WORKS CONSULTED
168
INDEX
175
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Fraser, Russell A

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