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The story of Lear and his three daughters was a well known legend of British History. It was chronicled by Holinshed and occurs in Spenser's Faerie Queene and Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia. This prog...ramme illustrates how Shakespeare made use of these sources either by lifting elements directly or by deliberately altering them to meet his need. Passages from the sources are juxtaposed with those from the play to underline the relationship between them. A final section in the programme shows how the themes and language of the play were influenced by John Florio's translation of Montaigne's Essays.
The story of Lear and his three daughters was a well known legend of British History. It was chronicled by Holinshed and occurs in Spenser's Faerie Queene and Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia. This prog...ramme illustrates how Shakespeare made use of these sources either by lifting elements directly or by deliberately altering them to meet his need. Passages from the sources are juxtaposed with those from the play to underline the relationship between them. A final section in the programme shows how the themes and language of the play were influenced by John Florio's translation of Montaigne's Essays.
| Module code and title: | A201, Renaissance and Reformation |
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| Item code: | A201; 33 |
| Recording date: | 1972-02-21 |
| First transmission date: | 09-10-1972 |
| Published: | 1972 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:17:53 |
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| Producer: | Richard Callanan |
| Contributors: | Cicely Palser Havely; Michael Spice; Gabriel Woolf |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Arcadia; Faerie Queene; Montaigne's Essays |
| Master spool number: | TLN08FM224J |
| Production number: | TLN08FM224J |
| Available to public: | no |
