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Creator
Date
2017
Location
London
England
England
Media format
Printed text
Extent
xxi, 227 pages
Language
English
Size
25 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 352781
Folger call number: PR2819 .H36 2017
Folger holdings ID: 501337
Folger call number: PR2819 .H36 2017
Folger holdings ID: 501337
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
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
Also known as
Extended title: This contentious storm : an ecocritical and performance history of King Lear / Jennifer Mae Hamilton
Subjects
Related names
author: Hamilton, Jennifer Mae
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616