King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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Page 7
... court world , closely related to the formal order posed before the facade , and those who stood apart from it or found themselves pushed away to become outsiders . At his first entry Burbage as Lear in his state would have seated ...
... court world , closely related to the formal order posed before the facade , and those who stood apart from it or found themselves pushed away to become outsiders . At his first entry Burbage as Lear in his state would have seated ...
Page 8
... court like Lear's , made the comic an integral part of the tragedy . Through it is invoked the convention of the Lord of Misrule , the licensed representative of disorder who is a necessary and healthy corrective to the order of courts ...
... court like Lear's , made the comic an integral part of the tragedy . Through it is invoked the convention of the Lord of Misrule , the licensed representative of disorder who is a necessary and healthy corrective to the order of courts ...
Page 61
... court and followers . A processional entry was clearly Shakespeare's intention here ; the abdication scene is a formal ritual , framed by and marked off from the short colloquial exchanges before and after it ( Frost , p . 198 ) ...
... court and followers . A processional entry was clearly Shakespeare's intention here ; the abdication scene is a formal ritual , framed by and marked off from the short colloquial exchanges before and after it ( Frost , p . 198 ) ...
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