1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910166956603321

Autore

Shlapentokh Vladimir

Titolo

Feudal America : elements of the Middle Ages in contemporary society / / Vladimir Shlapentokh and Joshua Woods

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

0-271-05674-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 170 pages )

Disciplina

306.097309051

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions 21st century

United States Economic conditions 21st century

United States Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The feudal model in social analysis : from medieval Europe to contemporary America -- Feudal, liberal, and authoritarian models as tools for analyzing the middle ages and contemporary American society -- Big money and corporations as promoters of feudal tendencies -- The feudal model and the organizational level of analysis -- Private coercion : a feudal aspect of contemporary American society -- Personal relations in American politics and business : a feudal phenomenon.

Sommario/riassunto

"Uses a feudal model to analyze contemporary American society, comparing its essential characteristics to those of medieval European societies"--Provided by publisher.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459855003321

Autore

Elton William R. <1921-2000, >

Titolo

King Lear and the gods / / William R. Elton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

0-8131-6005-7

0-8131-6130-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (386 p.)

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

Christianity and literature - England - History - 17th century

Christian drama, English - History and criticism

Religion in literature

Gods in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. ix-x.

"King Lear studies, 1967-1987": p. 339-345.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on the Text; Part I; I. The Problem; II. Renaissance Concepts of Providence; III. Sidney's Arcadia: Four Attitudes to Providence; IV. From Leir to Lear; Part II; V. Prisca Theologia: Cordelia and Edgar; VI. Pagan Atheism: Goneril and Regan, Edmund; VII. Pagan Superstition: Gloucester; VIII. Deus Absconditus: Lear; Part III; IX. Double Plot; X. Minor Characters: Kent, Cornwall, Albany, the Fool; XI. Irony as Structure; XII. Conclusion; King Lear Studies: 1967-1987; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V

WX; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Many critics hold that Shakespeare's  <I>King Lear</I> is primarily a drama of meaningful suffering and redemption within a just universe ruled by providential higher powers. William Elton's  <I>King Lear and the Gods</I> challenges the validity of this widespread optimistic view. Testing the prevailing view against the play's acknowledged sources, and analyzing the functions of the double plot, the characters, and the



play's implicit ironies, Elton concludes that this standard interpretation constitutes a serious misreading of the tragedy.</P>