Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 27 T2 - Lingue e Linguaggi SP - 285-305 ID - bbbo930 T1 - "'The little O': Signifying Nothing in Shakespeare" AU - Lucking, David Ian Clive PY - 2018 DA - 2026 DO - 10.1285/i22390359v27p285 LA - English AB - Analyzes "Nothing" as "paradoxical concept" in Shakespeare's plays, particularly Hamlet and King Lear, where it can be generative and destructive. Shows how "O" can mean "'naught' or 'cipher'"; "O" and nothing can signify "nothing, and at the same time ... all there is." English summary, 285.  ER -