Chapter 5 ‘The pelting of [a] pitiless storm’: Thunder and Lightning in King Lear

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Textual Note x
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1 ‘We see / The seasons alter’: Climate Change in A Midsummer Night’s Dream 31
8. Chapter 2 ‘[T]he fire is grown too hot!’: Romeo and Juliet and the Dog Days 57
9. Chapter 3 ‘Winter and rough weather’: Arden’s Sterile Climate 80
10. Chapter 4 Othello: Shakespeare’s À bout de souffle 111
11. Chapter 5 ‘The pelting of [a] pitiless storm’: Thunder and Lightning in King Lear 150
12. Chapter 6 Clime and Slime in Anthony and Cleopatra 176
13. Chapter 7 The I/Eye of the Storm: Prospero’s Tempest 217
14. Conclusion: ‘Under heaven’s eye’ 256
15. Bibliography 267
16. Index 298