"Hurricanes, Atlantic Weather, and Global Time in King Lear"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo620/
Author:
	Sandrock, Kirsten.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2025
Publication Information:
	SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 63, no. 2 (2025): 191–213.
DOI:
	https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sel.2025.a959892
Annotation:
	Based on Shakespeare's use of the word "hurricane," argues that "The Atlantic functions as a supplementary space to read King Lear as a tragedy in which the spiraling motion of the hurricane characterizes both the protagonist and the play’s theatrical design." Compares meaning of "hurricane" in Troilus and Cressida and King Lear. Offers "oceanic reading" of King Lear that positions play in global contexts and tempestuous upheavals. English summary, 191.
Language:
	English
Tags:
	King Lear, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Troilus and Cressida
WSB Update:
	Summer 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo620