Shakespeare's King Lear with The Tempest: The Discovery of Nature and the Recovery of Classical Natural RightUniversity Press of America, 2004 - 317 Seiten Shakespeare's 'King Lear' with 'The Tempest' is Mark McDonald's inquiry into the political philosophy of William Shakespeare through a reading of King Lear with reference to The Tempest. McDonald follows an argument connecting King Lear to the question of natural right and to changes in the orders of the western world at the beginnings of modernity. |
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... opinion of the Renaissance West . 1 The uncovering of nature in the Renaissance is a return to philosophy , or a return to the attempt to understand things in terms of natural causes . Divestment , the uncovering of nature , and ...
... opinion of the Renaissance West . 1 The uncovering of nature in the Renaissance is a return to philosophy , or a return to the attempt to understand things in terms of natural causes . Divestment , the uncovering of nature , and ...
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... opinion which the king holds- of himself as king and of the rule of the cosmos he inhabits- is shaken by the answer of Cordelia in the love test , and then destroyed by the ingratitude of his elder daughters . Divested of the customary ...
... opinion which the king holds- of himself as king and of the rule of the cosmos he inhabits- is shaken by the answer of Cordelia in the love test , and then destroyed by the ingratitude of his elder daughters . Divested of the customary ...
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... opinion of the old orders suffers this discovery . It is rather that Lear as king is like what occurs regarding the ruling opinion or the fundamental orders of the West , as custom dissolves and nature is re - discovered . Through the ...
... opinion of the old orders suffers this discovery . It is rather that Lear as king is like what occurs regarding the ruling opinion or the fundamental orders of the West , as custom dissolves and nature is re - discovered . Through the ...
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... opinion of his ceremonial custom , he comes to believe that justice , political rank , and ethics are entirely conventional ( IV , vi , 112-135 ; 151-172 ) , without any trans - political basis . This sort or type of the appeal from ...
... opinion of his ceremonial custom , he comes to believe that justice , political rank , and ethics are entirely conventional ( IV , vi , 112-135 ; 151-172 ) , without any trans - political basis . This sort or type of the appeal from ...
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... opinion of the nature of legitimate offspring- which drives him to the madness of the sight of unaccommodated man . The love of Cordelia for her father , beyond self - interest in the modern sense , contradicts the axiom asserted by ...
... opinion of the nature of legitimate offspring- which drives him to the madness of the sight of unaccommodated man . The love of Cordelia for her father , beyond self - interest in the modern sense , contradicts the axiom asserted by ...
Inhalt
On Ancient Ceremonial Monarchy and the Opening Scene of Lear | 11 |
B The Destruction of the Ceremonial Monarchy | 16 |
The Love Test | 19 |
D The Answer of Cordelia and the Great Rage of Lear | 25 |
The Subplot Family of Gloucester | 37 |
A The First Soliloquy of Edmund | 39 |
B The Deception of Gloucester | 47 |
C The Rise of Edmund and the Escape of Edgar | 55 |
G The Slaying of Oswald | 169 |
The Awakening of Lear | 171 |
On the Final Act | 175 |
Ripeness is All | 177 |
a Lear and Cordelia Captured | 184 |
b The Defeat of Edmund and the Apocalyptic Conclusion of Lear | 188 |
CONCLUSION | 205 |
Uses of the Word nature in King Lear from Bartletts Concordance | 211 |
The Fool and the Earl of Kent | 63 |
A On Kent | 64 |
B The Fool and His Practical Teaching | 72 |
C The Failure of Albany | 82 |
D The Teaching of the Fool at the Approach of the Storm | 84 |
On Act III of King Lear | 91 |
B The Fools Prophecy of Merlins Prophecy | 98 |
C On III iii | 103 |
D On III iv | 104 |
The Betrayal of Gloucester | 121 |
Lear Mad at the House of Gloucester | 122 |
The Blinding of Gloucester | 131 |
On Act IV | 137 |
The Argument of Goneril and Albany | 142 |
C On IV iii and the Question of the French Invasion | 145 |
The Doctor | 152 |
a The CounterDeception of Gloucester | 154 |
b The Madness of Lear at Dover | 158 |
Appendix B | 215 |
On the Tripartite Division of the Kingdom | 218 |
Instances of the Word fortune in King Lear from Bartletts Concordance | 219 |
On the Connection of Shakespeares King Lear and The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth | 221 |
On the Origin of the Arthurian Legend and Gildas the Most Ancient British Author | 222 |
Notes to the Preface | 225 |
Notes to the Introduction | 226 |
Notes to Chapter One | 231 |
Notes to Chapter Two | 243 |
Notes to Chapter Three | 252 |
Notes to Chapter Four | 259 |
Notes to Chapter Five | 275 |
Notes to Chapter Six | 290 |
Notes to the Conclusion | 298 |
Bibliography | 299 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action Albany Alulis Alvarez Alvis ancient answer appeal to nature appearance Arden edition Arden note Aristotle asks Berns blinding Britain called cause ceremonial monarchy character Child Rowland Christian cites Class on Shakespearean connection contrast Cordelia Cornwall custom daughters death disguise divestment Dover Edgar Edmund English Essays father fiend Folio Fool Fool's fortune France Furness edition Gentleman Gildas Gloucester Gloucester's gods Goneril Heilman human I,ii I,iv Ibid II,ii II,iv IV,vi Jesus justice Kent King Lear kingdom kingship Lear's love test Lucretius Machiavelli madness Merlin Montaigne Muir natural right Nature and Piety occurs offspring Oswald philosopher Piety in King Plato Plato's play Prince prophecy Prospero Quarto question reason Regan regarding Republic Richard II Right and History rule says seems sense Shakespeare Shakespearean Tragedy Socrates soliloquy soul speak statement storm Strauss teaching tells Tempest things thou thought Thoughts on Machiavelli tragic truth V,iii virtue wisdom word