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Office and duty in King Lear : Shakespeare's political theologies
- Title
- Office and duty in King Lear : Shakespeare's political theologies / Alexander Thom.
- Author
- Thom, Alexander
- Publication
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, [2024]
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Details
- Description
- x, 261 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "This book advances five original readings of Shakespeare's King Lear, influenced by Giorgio Agamben, but tempered by primary research into Jacobean literature, law, religion, and philosophy. To grasp Lears encounter between politics and identity, the play demands a wider understanding of the religious influence on political thought. As Lear himself realises, sovereignty is an extreme, glamorous example of a deeper category: sacred office. Lear also shows duty intersecting with a hierarchy of bastards, outlaws, women, waifs, and monks. This book introduces concepts like petit treason, civil death, and waivery into political theological studies, complicating Agambens models. Gonerils treason shows the sovereigns consort and children are consecrated lives too. Lears crisis of "self-knowing" stages a landmark critique of office. The promise of his poignant speech before the prison is foreclosed by Shakespeare's invention: an officer dutifully murdering Cordelia. This books conclusion, through Hannah Arendt, reconsiders Lears persistent association with the Holocaust." --
- Series Statement
- Palgrave Shakespeare studies
- Uniform Title
- Palgrave Shakespeare studies.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes blibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 24-240
- ISBN
- 3031401565
- 9783031401565
- 9783031401572 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 9783031401565
- OCLC
- 1390440172
- Author
- Thom, Alexander, author.
- Title
- Office and duty in King Lear : Shakespeare's political theologies / Alexander Thom.
- Publisher
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer Nature Switzerland, [2024]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Palgrave Shakespeare studiesPalgrave Shakespeare studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes blibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9783031401572
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9783031401565
- Research Call Number
- JFD 24-240