Some Facets of King Lear: Essays in Prismatic Criticism

Published by University of Toronto Press 1974

Some Facets of King Lear

Essays in Prismatic Criticism

Edited by: Rosalie Colie and F.T. Flahiff

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442652996

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About this book

The essays in this book – forming neither a casebook nor a 'perplex' – were written because their authors wanted to understand something specific about King Lear, one of Shakespeare's very complicated plays.

Author / Editor information

Colie Rosalie :

Rosalie L. Colie (1924-1972) studied at Vassar and Columbia and taught at Barnard, Oxford, Yale, Toronto, and Brown. At the time of her death in 1972 she was chairman of the Department of Comparative Literature at Brown University.

Flahiff F.T. :

F.T. Flahiff is a professor emeritus in the Department of English, St. Michael's College, University of Toronto.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Rosalie L. Colie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
One. King Lear and Its language Sheldon P. Zitner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Two. The Subplot as Simplification in King Lear Bridget Gellert Lyon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Three. Theatrical Emblems in King Lear John Reibetanz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Four. Acting as Action in King Lear Thomas F. Van Laan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Five. We Put Fresh Garments on Him′: Nakedness and Clothes in King Lear Maurice Charney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Six. The Artist Exploring the Primitive: King Lear F. D. Hoeniger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Seven. Recognition in King Lear W. F. Blissett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Eight. The Energies of Endurance : Biblical Echo in King Lear Rosalie L. Colie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Nine. ‘Ripeness is All’: Sententiae and Common - places in King Lear Martha Andresen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Ten. King Lear as Pastoral Tragedy Nancy R. Lindheim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Eleven. Reason and Need : King Lear and the ‘Crisis’ of the Aristocracy Rosalie L. Golie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Twelve. Edgar: Once and Future King F. T. Flahiff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1974
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Keywords: DISCOUNT-B

eBook

Published: December 15, 1974
ISBN: 9781442652996