This contentious storm an ecocritical and performance history of King Lear

Introduction: the case for King Lear -- Ecocriticism. Meteorological reading -- "What is the cause of thunder?": the storm's three ambiguities -- Cataclysmic shame: three views of Lear's mortal body in the storm -- Performance history. Ecocritical big history -- The spectacular J...

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1. Verfasser: Hamilton, Jennifer Mae (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London, Oxford, New York, NY Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2017
Schriftenreihe:Environmental cultures
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: the case for King Lear -- Ecocriticism. Meteorological reading -- "What is the cause of thunder?": the storm's three ambiguities -- Cataclysmic shame: three views of Lear's mortal body in the storm -- Performance history. Ecocritical big history -- The spectacular Jacobean theatre -- Storms of fortune: industrial technology and Nahum Tate, c.1680-c.1900 -- Lear's head: the rise of the psychological metaphor, 1908-1955 -- Towards the flood, 1962-2016 -- Epilogue: the art of necessity
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xxi, 227 Seiten
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ISBN:9781474289047
978-1-4742-8904-7