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• Title:
  The Gospel of Divine Mercy in King Lear
• Creator:
  Grzegorzewska, Małgorzata
• Contributor:
  University of Warsaw;
  m.grzegorzews2@uw.edu.pl
• Description:
  The paper discusses Shakespeare’s preoccupation with the Christian notions of divine love, forgiveness and justice in The Tragedy of King Lear. In my reading I employ Jean-Luc Marion’s phenomenological reflection on the givenness of love and Hans-Urs von Balthasar’s theology of Paschal mystery. I take issue with the Marxist and existentialist interpretations of Shakespeare’s tragedy which prevailed in the second half of the 20th century. My aim is not a simple recuperation of the “redemptionism” of the play, but an in-depth consideration of Christian allusions in the play which may tie love and forgiveness to justice and throw light on the ending of King Lear.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
• Date:
  2021.12.21;
  2021.11.22
• Type:
  Article
• Language:
  English
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Relation:
  Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture;11
• Subject:
  William Shakespeare;
  King Lear;
  gift;
  mercy;
  forgiveness
• Identifier:
  2083-2931;
  http://hdl.handle.net/11089/40156 ;
  2084-574X;
  10.18778/2083-2931.11.20
• Data provider:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
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