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King Lear and the naked truth : rethinking the language of religion and resistance, Judy Kronenfeld

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Summary
"Taking King Lear as her central text, Judy Kronenfeld questions the critical assumptions of much of today's most fashionable Shakespeare scholarship. Charting a new course beyond both New Historicist and deconstructionist critics, she suggests a theory of language and interpretation that provides essential historical and linguistic contexts for the key terms and concepts of the play. Opening the play up to the implications of these contexts and this interpretive theory, she reveals much about Lear, English Reformation religious culture, and the state of contemporary criticism." "Kronenfeld's focus expands from the text of Shakespeare's play to a discussion of a shared Christian culture - a shared language and set of values - a common discursive field that frames the social ethics of the play. That expanded focus is used to address the multiple ways that clothing and nakedness function in the play, as well as the ways that these particular images and terms are understood in that shared context."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 383 pages
Contents
  • Comely apparel and the naked truth: metaphor and common Christian culture
  • Nakedness and clothing in controversy about the eucharist: anxiety about representation?
  • Constraints and freedom: extensionist semantics and its implications for criticism
  • The perils of taking sides: literary interpretation of the naked and the clothed
  • The plain heart according to her bond: sociopolitical readings and family relationships
  • I'll teach you differences: hierarchy, pomp, service, authority
  • So distribution should undo excess, and each man have enough: Anabaptist egalitarianism, Anglican charity, both, neither?
  • Robes and furr'd gowns hide all: mock trials and assaults on justice
  • Conclusion: political interpretation versus dramatic verisimilitude and shared moral values
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9780822320272
Instance
Label
King Lear and the naked truth : rethinking the language of religion and resistance
Title
King Lear and the naked truth
Title remainder
rethinking the language of religion and resistance
Statement of responsibility
Judy Kronenfeld
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Taking King Lear as her central text, Judy Kronenfeld questions the critical assumptions of much of today's most fashionable Shakespeare scholarship. Charting a new course beyond both New Historicist and deconstructionist critics, she suggests a theory of language and interpretation that provides essential historical and linguistic contexts for the key terms and concepts of the play. Opening the play up to the implications of these contexts and this interpretive theory, she reveals much about Lear, English Reformation religious culture, and the state of contemporary criticism." "Kronenfeld's focus expands from the text of Shakespeare's play to a discussion of a shared Christian culture - a shared language and set of values - a common discursive field that frames the social ethics of the play. That expanded focus is used to address the multiple ways that clothing and nakedness function in the play, as well as the ways that these particular images and terms are understood in that shared context."--Jacket
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Kronenfeld, Judy
Index
index present
LC call number
PR2819
LC item number
.K76 1998
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Lear
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Lear
  • English language
  • Christianity and literature
  • Literature and history
  • Language and culture
  • Dissenters, Religious, in literature
  • Social ethics in literature
  • Religion in literature
  • Clothing and dress in literature
  • Nudity in literature
  • Anglais (Langue)
  • Lear, Roi (Personnage légendaire), dans la littérature
  • Christianisme et littérature
  • Littérature et histoire
  • Langage et culture
  • Dissidents (Religion) dans la littérature
  • Morale sociale dans la littérature
  • Costume dans la littérature
  • Nudité dans la littérature
  • King Lear (Shakespeare)
  • Christendom
  • Naaktheid
  • Nacktheit
  • Kleidung
  • Christianity and literature
  • Clothing and dress in literature
  • Dissenters, Religious, in literature
  • English language
  • English language
  • Language and culture
  • Literature
  • Literature and history
  • Nudity in literature
  • Religion in literature
  • Social ethics in literature
  • England
Label
King Lear and the naked truth : rethinking the language of religion and resistance, Judy Kronenfeld
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-365) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Comely apparel and the naked truth: metaphor and common Christian culture -- Nakedness and clothing in controversy about the eucharist: anxiety about representation? -- Constraints and freedom: extensionist semantics and its implications for criticism -- The perils of taking sides: literary interpretation of the naked and the clothed -- The plain heart according to her bond: sociopolitical readings and family relationships -- I'll teach you differences: hierarchy, pomp, service, authority -- So distribution should undo excess, and each man have enough: Anabaptist egalitarianism, Anglican charity, both, neither? -- Robes and furr'd gowns hide all: mock trials and assaults on justice -- Conclusion: political interpretation versus dramatic verisimilitude and shared moral values
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xi, 383 pages
Isbn
9780822320272
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
97029429
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)37300769
  • (OCoLC)ocm37300769
Label
King Lear and the naked truth : rethinking the language of religion and resistance, Judy Kronenfeld
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-365) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Comely apparel and the naked truth: metaphor and common Christian culture -- Nakedness and clothing in controversy about the eucharist: anxiety about representation? -- Constraints and freedom: extensionist semantics and its implications for criticism -- The perils of taking sides: literary interpretation of the naked and the clothed -- The plain heart according to her bond: sociopolitical readings and family relationships -- I'll teach you differences: hierarchy, pomp, service, authority -- So distribution should undo excess, and each man have enough: Anabaptist egalitarianism, Anglican charity, both, neither? -- Robes and furr'd gowns hide all: mock trials and assaults on justice -- Conclusion: political interpretation versus dramatic verisimilitude and shared moral values
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xi, 383 pages
Isbn
9780822320272
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
97029429
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)37300769
  • (OCoLC)ocm37300769

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