"Gen-, Shakespeare, Heidegger, and the Nature of Mortal Being"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc466/
Author:
	Brown, Arthur A.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2013
Publication Information:
	Philosophy and Literature 37, no.  1 (2013): 36–52.
Annotation:
	Applies Martin Heidegger's axiom, "mortals live in the speaking of language," to Shakespeare's use in King Lear of derivatives of the Indo-European root gen- (meaning to "to beget"), which include "kin," "kind," "king," "generation," "gentle," "gender," "native," "nation," and "nature." Argues that this common root serves as an index to two central questions: "Are human beings, by nature, kind?" and "Are the gods kind?"
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Heidegger, Martin
Tags:
	King Lear, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism
WSB Update:
	Fall 2013
WSB Record Number:
	bbbc466