Description: Personal form of criticism, focusing on the wide-ranging issues of identity and history raised by King Lear by exploring Australians' engagements with the play.
Brief description: Ewan Fernie is Chair, Professor and Fellow at The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK. His latest book, The Demonic: Literature and Experience, gives considerable attention to Shakespeare and Mann.
Review Quotes: "The ambitious project of the "Shakespeare NOW "series is to bridge the gap between 'scholarly thinking and a public audience' and 'public audience and scholarly thinking'. Scholars are encouraged to write in a way accessible to a general readership and readers to rise to the challenge and not be afraid of new ideas and the adventure they offer. There are other bridges the series is ambitious to cross: 'formal, political or theoretical boundaries' - history and philosophy, theory, and performance."
"English Vol. 58, 2009"