"National Messianism and English Chorography in King Lear" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc633/ Author: Kim, Jaecheol. Type: Journal Article Year: 2013 Publication Information: English Studies 94, no. 6 (2013): 685–703. Annotation: Surveys English nationalism at the time of King James's accession to analyze how in King Lear Shakespeare, as James's English subject, negotiates politically between the absolutist claim of the Scottish monarch and his own allegiance to English territory through what Hans Kohn calls "national messianism." English summary, 685. Language: English Persons: James I Keywords: nationalism Tags: King Lear, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Winter 2013 WSB Record Number: bbbc633