"Here I Disclaim All My Paternal Care": Disowning Offspring in Shakespeare's King Lear

Hamamra successfully shows that Shakespeare was interested in the disruption of familial relations manifested in his employment of the discourse of disowning which reveals that familial bonds are discontinuous and subject to change. However, King Lear reveals the emotional strength of the father-son...

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Published inANQ (Lexington, Ky.) Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 218 - 220
Main Author Tawfiq Hamamra, Bilal
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Routledge 03.07.2022
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
British & Irish literature
Children
English literature
Families & family life
Parent-child relations
Patriarchy
Shakespeare plays
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Suffering
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ISSN0895-769X
1940-3364
DOI10.1080/0895769X.2020.1799741

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Summary:Hamamra successfully shows that Shakespeare was interested in the disruption of familial relations manifested in his employment of the discourse of disowning which reveals that familial bonds are discontinuous and subject to change. However, King Lear reveals the emotional strength of the father-son and father-daughter relationships. In an inversion of the Renaissance convention that patriarchal ideology consolidates itself by disowning and crushing opposing forces, the sufferings and fatal grieves of male figures of authority are attributed to their disowning of their disobedient children.
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ISSN:0895-769X
1940-3364
DOI:10.1080/0895769X.2020.1799741