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On Cavell’s essay “The Avoidance of Love: A Reading of King Lear” (1969).
Can money buy you love? What is tragedy? In this first Mark-free episode ever, Wes’s new (sub)Text co-host, the poet Erin O’Luanaigh, joins Wes, Seth, and Dylan to discuss this major figure in literary theory.
To get the most out of this, check out some performance of King Lear or just read the plot summary.
Buy the essay in the collection Must We Mean What We Say?
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Image by Genevieve Arnold.
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