Shakespeare's King Lear with The Tempest: The Discovery of Nature and the Recovery of Classical Natural Right [Paperback]

Although he is considered to be the world's greatest dramatist, Shakespeare seems to have escaped the detection of thinkers on politics and the philosophic tradition of thought on man.Shakespeare's 'King Lear' with 'The Tempest'is Mark McDonald's inquiry into the political philosophy of William Shakespeare through a reading ofKing Learwith reference toThe Tempest. McDonald follows an argument connectingKing Learto the question of natural right and to changes in the orders of the western world at the beginnings of modernity.Mark A. McDonaldis Adjunct Faculty Member at Oakland Community College.

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction: The Discovery of Nature andKing Lear
Chapter 3On Ancient Ceremonial Monarchy and the Opening Scene ofLear: The Family and the Origin of Ceremonial Monarchy; The Destruction of the Ceremonial Monarchy; The Opening Scene of Lear: The Love Test; The Answer of Cordelia and the Great Rage of
Chapter 4The Subplot Family of Gloucester: The First Soliloquy of Edmund; The Deception of Gloucester; The Rise of Edmund and the Escape of Edgar
Chapter 5The Fool and the Earl of Kent: On Kent; The Fool and his Practical Teaching; The Failure of Albany; The Teaching of the Fool at the Approach of the Storm
Chapter 6On Act Three ofKing Lear: Lear in the Storm; The Fool's Prophesy of Merlin's Prophesy; On III, iii; On III, iv; On III, v: The Betrayal of Gloucester; III, vi: Lear Mad at the House of Gloucester; III, vii: The Blinding of Gloucester
Chapter 7On Act IV: IV, i: The Despair of Gloucester and the Enlistment of Edgar; IV, ii: The Argument of Goneril and Albany; On IV, iii and the Question of the French Invasion; IV, iv: The Doctor; IV, vi: a) The Counter-deception of Gloucester; IV, vi: b) T
Chapter 8On the Final Act: V, i: The English Camp and the Plot of Edmund; V, ii: Ripeness is All; V, iii: a) Lear and Cordelia Captured; lÃS