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“[L]ike a shoal of fish moving within a net”: 'King Lear' and McGahern’s Family in 'Amongst Women'

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John McGahern: Critical Essays, Pages: 113 - 136

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Parallels between William Shakespeare's 'King Lear' and John McGahern's 'Amongst Women' initiate this chapter. However, while the distinctive presence of women around an ageing and burdened father (Lear and Moran, respectively) join these two narratives, they are also l...

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Published in: John McGahern: Critical Essays
ISBN: 978-3-0343-1755-9
Published: Oxford Peter Lang 2014
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