Re-visioning Lear's daughters
Subtitle: testing feminist criticism and theory
By: Lesley Kordecki and Karla Koskinen.
Contributors: Koskinen, Karla, 1955-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230104099
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Women; Feminist literary criticism; Fathers and daughters in literature; Sisters in literature; Sibling rivalry in literature; Misogyny in literature; Patriarchy in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the problem with Lear; title: The trial : Goneril, politician and appeaser (Act 1, Scene 1); title: The trial : Regan, soldier and enabler (Act 1, Scene 1); title: The trial : Cordelia, heir apparent and zealot (Act 1, Scene 1); title: Goneril makes her stand : queen and mother (Act 1, Scenes 3 and 4); title: The sisters unite : kingship and kinship (Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2); title: Regan and torture : abuser and abused? (Act 3, Scene 7); title: The sisters and Edmund : agency and sexuality (Act 4, Scenes 2 and 4 (q 4.5)); title: Cordelia returns : sinner and saint (Act 4, Scenes 3 (q 4.4) and 7); title: Homeland security : defeat and denial (Act 5, Scenes 1, 2, and 3 (Cordelia)); title: Patriarchy restored : duplicity and death (Act 5, Scene 3 (Goneril and Regan)).