Tag: Lear

CliffsComplete Shakespeare’s King Lear


Free Download Sidney Lamb, "CliffsComplete Shakespeare’s King Lear"
English | 2000 | pages: 242 | ISBN: 0764585711 | PDF | 2,1 mb
In the CliffsComplete guides, the play’s complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You’ll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

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Office and Duty in King Lear Shakespeare’s Political Theologies


Free Download Alexander Thom, "Office and Duty in King Lear: Shakespeare’s Political Theologies "
English | ISBN: 3031401565 | 2024 | 271 pages | EPUB, PDF | 639 KB + 6 MB
This book advances five original readings of Shakespeare’s King Lear, influenced by Giorgio Agamben, but tempered by primary research into Jacobean literature, law, religion, and philosophy. To grasp Lear’sencounter between politics and identity, the play demands a wider understanding of the religious influence on political thought. As Lear himself realises, sovereignty is an extreme, glamorous example of a deeper category: sacred office.

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