Keith Linley

'King Lear' in Context (eBook, ePUB)

The Cultural Background

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How did the court audience of 1606 respond to Shakespeare's most disturbing tragedy? This engaging book provides in-depth discussion of the various influences a contemporary audience would have brought to interpreting 'King Lear'. How did people think about the world, about God, about sin, about kings, about civilized conduct? Historical, literary, political and sociological backgrounds are explained within the biblical-moral matrices by which the play would have been judged. This book links real life in the 1600s to Lear's world on the stage. Learn about the social hierarchy, gender relationships, parenting and family dynamics, court corruption, class tensions, the literary profile of the time, the concept of tragedy - and all the subversions, transgressions, and oppositions that made the play an unsettling picture of a disintegrating world in free fall.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783083749
• Artikelnr.: 42427767

Autorenporträt

Dr Keith Linley is an academic, educator and experienced A-level examiner. He has taught English at both secondary and post-secondary levels.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Prologue
1. The Historical Context
2. The Elizabethan World Order: From Divinity to Dust
3. Sin, Death and the Prince of Darkness
4. The Seven Cardinal Virtues
5. Kingship
6. Patriarchy, Family and Gender Relationships
7. Man in His Place
8. Images of Disorder: The Religious Context
9. The Contemporary Political Context
10. The Literary Context
11. The Context of Tragedy
12. The Family Context
13. Sins, Transgressions, Subversions and Reversals
Notes
Bibliography
Index