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King Lear: Glena D. Wood

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SOURCE: "The Tragi-Comic Dimensions of Lear's Fool," in Costerus: Essays in English and American Language and Literature, Vol. 5, 1972, pp. 197-226.

Below, Wood examines the Fool's function in King Lear, demonstrating the relation of the Fool to Lear's personal development.

This is a free excerpt of 40 words. There are 12,135 words (approx. 40 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.

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