Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 61Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 217
... Cordelia's defense - the nothing to which Lear seems so pathetically vulnerable — also has a place in Cordelia's deepest reality . It is absence , the defer- ral , the delayed arrival of the wished for unions - familial and marital and ...
... Cordelia's defense - the nothing to which Lear seems so pathetically vulnerable — also has a place in Cordelia's deepest reality . It is absence , the defer- ral , the delayed arrival of the wished for unions - familial and marital and ...
Page 244
... Cordelia's declaration creates a serious political problem for Lear as king . What will hold the kingdom together if Cordelia loves a foreign prince ? Love for the father - Lear - was the principle that would bind each of the daughters ...
... Cordelia's declaration creates a serious political problem for Lear as king . What will hold the kingdom together if Cordelia loves a foreign prince ? Love for the father - Lear - was the principle that would bind each of the daughters ...
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... Cordelia speak ? Love and be silent " ( 1.1.62 ) . Cordelia's aside expresses a radical iconoclasm , a complete denial of language , of the possibility of any verbal com- munication with her father . Cordelia's stated intention to ...
... Cordelia speak ? Love and be silent " ( 1.1.62 ) . Cordelia's aside expresses a radical iconoclasm , a complete denial of language , of the possibility of any verbal com- munication with her father . Cordelia's stated intention to ...
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Masculine Identity and Feminine Power | 119 |
Religion History and Politics | 136 |
Further Reading | 158 |
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