Shakespearean CriticismMichele Lee Presents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Includes commentary by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as a full range of views from later centuries, with an emphasis on contemporary analysis. Includes aesthetic criticism, textual criticism, and criticism of Shakespeare in performance. |
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... argue for a very high incidence : " Over 25 percent of all murders heard in the early modern English courts [ home circuit as- sizes , circa 1558-1650 ] . . . were infanticides . " In contrast , Cockburn argues that indictments for ...
... argue for a very high incidence : " Over 25 percent of all murders heard in the early modern English courts [ home circuit as- sizes , circa 1558-1650 ] . . . were infanticides . " In contrast , Cockburn argues that indictments for ...
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... argues that the victims of neonatal infanticide were " typically , conceived on the fringes of the biological family - as the result of rela- tionships with masters - or within the household - dur- ing affairs with fellow servants ...
... argues that the victims of neonatal infanticide were " typically , conceived on the fringes of the biological family - as the result of rela- tionships with masters - or within the household - dur- ing affairs with fellow servants ...
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... argues , men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries " seldom bothered to deny that they beat their wives ; rather they focused on their spouse's disobedience since that ' justified ' the discipline . " Restricting and monitoring ...
... argues , men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries " seldom bothered to deny that they beat their wives ; rather they focused on their spouse's disobedience since that ' justified ' the discipline . " Restricting and monitoring ...
Contents
Violence in Shakespeares Works | 1 |
The Rape of Lucrece | 77 |
Titus Andronicus | 169 |
Copyright | |
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