Lear's Shadows: Some Problems in the Reading of a Literary Text : an Inaugural Lecture Delivered at the University College of Swansea on 15 March 1983 |
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18th century Lear Adrian Noble argue assumption behaviour believe Bradley Bradleyan interpretation Brittany Burbage Cecil Price Certainly coherent COLLEGE OF SWANSEA commentators on Lear contemporary contrast Lear Cordelia Cordelia's response Crisis of Aristocracy critical responses critical theme daughters Dowden Edgar Elizabethan father Folio version Garrick George Orwell Gloucester's Goneril and Regan Goneril's decorous Granville Barker historical evidence historical nature hypothesis ideal reading illustrate implications infinite number instance Jacobean audience Kent's King Lear kingship Lawrence Stone Lear and Gloucester Lear's affectionate nature Lear's anger Lear's question Lear's retinue Lear's shadows Lewis Theobald literary texts literary value Machiavellian modern audience morality Morris Weitz objective old play opening scene paint my duty Post-Structuralist problem Professor Lily Campbell reader redemption Regan's words relevance to King self-consistency Shakespeare's audience Shakespeare's original Shakespeare's play Shakespearean reading sinful Sir I love social Stratford structuralist sub-plot tell Tolstoy's True Chronicle History view of Lear viewpoint Wilson Knight