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Office and Duty in King Lear

Shakespeare’s Political Theologies

Produktform: Buch / Einband - fest (Hardcover)

This book advances five original readings of Shakespeare's , influenced by Giorgio Agamben, but tempered by primary research into Jacobean literature, law, religion, and philosophy. To grasp ’sencounter 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. also shows duty intersecting with a hierarchy of bastards, outlaws, women, waifs, and monks. This book introduces concepts like , civil death, and waivery into political theological studies, complicating Agamben’s models. Goneril’s treason shows the sovereign’s consort and children are consecrated lives too. Lear’s 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 book’s conclusion, through Hannah Arendt, reconsiders ’spersistent association with the Holocaust.weiterlesen

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Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-3-031-40156-5 / 978-3031401565 / 9783031401565

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Erscheinungsdatum: 24.11.2023

Seiten: 261

Auflage: 1

Autor(en): Alexander Thom, Alex Thom

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