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King Lear: Critical Essay by Jerald W. Spotswood

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SOURCE: “Maintaining Hierarchy in The Tragedie of King Lear,” in Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 38, No. 2, Spring, 1998, pp. 265-80.

In the essay below, Spotswood challenges critical interpretations which maintain that the play represents a challenge to social structure, arguing that King Lear upholds class boundaries.

This is a free excerpt of 48 words. There are 6,269 words (approx. 21 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.

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