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Strange Weather in King Lear
- Author(s):
- Steve Mentz (see profile)
- Date:
- 2010
- Group(s):
- LLC 17th-Century English, LLC Shakespeare, TC Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities
- Subject(s):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Ecocriticism, Pastoral theology--Study and teaching, Pastoral counseling--Study and teaching
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- ecocriticism, weather, Shakespeare, Pastoral studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6G54Q
- Abstract:
- This article argues that King Learn can help re-shape ecocriticism. The play's focus on human dis-harmony with the nonhuman environment resonates with the "post-equilibrium shift" in ecological thinking. The play's emphasis on the way natural systems such as the weather disrupt human meaning-making generates an alternative to dualistic notions of the self-nature relationship. By representing ecological instability and pluralized selfhood, King Lear reminds "green" readers how difficult and disorderly living in a mutable ecosystem can be.
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- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Publisher:
- Shakespeare (journal)
- Pub. Date:
- 2010
- Journal:
- Shakespeare
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 2
- Page Range:
- 139 - 152
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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