The geopolitics of king lear: Territory, land, earth

Law and Literature

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-165

  Elden, Stuart ^a  

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Author keywords

Earth; Geopolitics; King Lear; Land; Territory; William Shakespeare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878376814     PISSN: 1535685X     EISSN: 15412601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/lal.2013.25.2.147     Document Type: Article

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