"'Lear's shadow': l'ombra della regalità e il doppio nel King Lear ['Lear's shadow': The Shadow of Kingship and the Double in King Lear]" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc2165/ Author: Talarico, Laura. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2013 Publication Information: Montini, Asimmetrie Letterarie: Studi in onore di Rosamaria Colombo, 309–32. : Montini, Asimmetrie Letterarie: Studi in onore di Rosamaria Colombo Annotation: Drawing on Ernst Kantorowicz's King's Two Bodies, "demonstrate[s] the anomalous and imperfect character of the 'demise' which takes place in King Lear , as opposed to the one depicted in Richard II." Suggests that Lear becomes a "'shadow' after the division of the kingdom." English summary, 309. Language: Italian Persons: Kantorowicz, Ernst Keywords: King's Two Bodies Tags: King Lear, Richard II, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Fall 2015 WSB Record Number: bbbc2165