The Tragic Imagination in Shakespeare and Emerson https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/aaao535/ Author: Amato, Andy. Type: Book Collection Year: 2024 Publication Information: London: Bloomsbury, 2024. xxii + 194 pp. Annotation: "Develop[s] Emerson’s transcendental philosophy as a tragic philosophy" in order to interpret King Lear.  "Examine[s] how Cordelia’s silence creates the conditions for shame" and explores significance of nature and nothing, arguing that Lear is Shakespeare's most tragic work. Language: English Tags: King Lear, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Summer 2025 WSB Record Number: aaao535