Part 2 - The dynamic of riposte in King Richard II and Coriolanus

Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1 - The dynamic of deterritorialisation in King Richard II, King Lear and Coriolanus 13
6. 1 Swearing allegiance or questioning power 15
7. 2 Abuse of power and banishment 40
8. 3 The talion effect 57
9. Part 2 - The dynamic of riposte in King Richard II and Coriolanus 75
10. 4 The politics of illegal return 77
11. 5 The necessity of the ‘war machine’ 90
12. 6 Alternatives to the ‘war machine’ 108
13. Part 3 - The experience of internal(ised) exile in King Lear 125
14. 7 Dissembling and avoiding banishment 127
15. 8 Assuming otherness, or the spiral of degradation 142
16. 9 Home as a foreign elsewhere 156
17. Part 4 - The dialectic of endurance and exhaustion in King Richard II and King Lear 171
18. 10 Mental spaces and types of interiority 173
19. 11 The limits of endurance and the signs of exhaustion 189
20. 12 Maps of emotions 206
21. Conclusion 219
22. Bibliography 225
23. Index 236