03106nam 2200661 450 991081827540332120200520144314.00-8131-6005-70-8131-6130-4(CKB)3710000000334392(EBL)1915593(SSID)ssj0001402330(PQKBManifestationID)12618718(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402330(PQKBWorkID)11358358(PQKB)11275332(OCoLC)900344929(MdBmJHUP)muse44620(Au-PeEL)EBL1915593(CaPaEBR)ebr11007424(CaONFJC)MIL691319(MiAaPQ)EBC1915593(EXLCZ)99371000000033439220150128h19881988 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKing Lear and the gods /William R. EltonLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1988.©19881 online resource (386 p.)Includes index.1-322-60037-6 0-8131-1640-6 Bibliography: p. ix-x."King Lear studies, 1967-1987": p. 339-345.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; VWX; Y; Z<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>Christianity and literatureEnglandHistory17th centuryChristian drama, EnglishHistory and criticismReligion in literatureGods in literatureChristianity and literatureHistoryChristian drama, EnglishHistory and criticism.Religion in literature.Gods in literature.822.3/3Elton William R.1921-2000,457820MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818275403321"King Lear" and the gods184637UNINA