The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 9.0526  Thursday, 4 June 1998.

[1]     From:   James J. Hill <
 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 >
        Date:   Wednesday, 3 Jun 1998 14:23:05 -0400 (EDT)
        Subj:   Re: SHK 9.0524  Q: Edmund in King Lear

[2]     From:   Alison Findlay <
 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 >
        Date:   Thursday, 4 Jun 1998 09:36:00 +0100
        Subj:   RE: SHK 9.0524  Q: Edmund in King Lear


[1]-----------------------------------------------------------------
From:           James J. Hill <
 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 >
Date:           Wednesday, 3 Jun 1998 14:23:05 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: 9.0524  Q: Edmund in King Lear
Comment:        Re: SHK 9.0524  Q: Edmund in King Lear

One suggestion:  "Edmund's Ancestry" (57-101) in John F. Danby's
*Shakespeare's Doctrine of Nature: A Study of King Lear*, London: Faber,
1961.

[2]-------------------------------------------------------------
From:           Alison Findlay <
 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 >
Date:           Thursday, 4 Jun 1998 09:36:00 +0100
Subject: 9.0524  Q: Edmund in King Lear
Comment:        RE: SHK 9.0524  Q: Edmund in King Lear

Dear Ellen,

For a discussion of Edmund's illegitimacy, see my book Alison Findlay,
*Illegitimate Power: Bastards in Renaissance Drama* (Manchester
University Press and St Martin's Press, Manchester, 1994). The
bibliography includes references to some other important pieces on
Edmund - including Janet Adelman's brilliant analysis in her book
*Suffocating Mothers* (Routledge, New York and London, 1992) which I
highly recommend to you.

Best wishes with your research.

Alison Findlay,
Lancaster University (UK)