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King Lear

By chris | Published: 30 October 2009
This post is part of an essay on Mansfield Park, being posted in instalments. Mansfield Park Preface Introduction Method Critiques The Moral Law Within Fanny and Edmund The Crawfords Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram Mrs Norris The Quiet Thing Enlightenment Kantian Deontology King Lear Romanticism The Satirical Inheritance Conclusion Epilogue: Diminutive Greatness & Fanny Price 4.2. King Lear Seneca also wrote nine tragedies on Greek mythological subjects, more designed to be recited or read than [...]
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Mansfield Park and King Lear

By chris | Published: 23 September 2009
My Mansfield Park essay (in progress) has led me to King Lear, and I thought I would sketch some of the connections between the two works. Much the clearest account I have come across is the brief summation by Jane Stabler in her introduction to the Oxford World Classics edition of Mansfield Park.  The basic outline [...]
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