Hamilton, Jennifer Mae. This contentious storm : an ecocritical and performance history of King Lear

Folger bibliographic ID: 352781
Folger call number: PR2819 .H36 2017
Folger holdings ID: 501337

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

Extended title: This contentious storm : an ecocritical and performance history of King Lear / Jennifer Mae Hamilton

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 King Lear (Shakespeare, William) Storms in literature Ecocriticism Natural history Theater

author: Hamilton, Jennifer Mae
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616