An innovative book that draws attention with force and clarity to the prophetic center and apocalyptic framework of King Lear. Wittreich demonstrates how Shakespeare mined scripture for analogies that pluralise the play's meaning and universalize its significance. In exploring the play's literary and cultural relations, this book addresses the larger question of King Lear's sources, genre, and Christian character.
- ISBN10 0873280830
- ISBN13 9780873280839
- Publish Date 1 January 1984
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 7 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Huntington Library Press,US
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 200
- Language English