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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... authority he needed to overrule the queen . Essex no doubt assumed that the queen's body con- tained the magical power of the blood , but evidently he did not see that magic as the sole source of En- glish political power . Indeed , in ...
... authority he needed to overrule the queen . Essex no doubt assumed that the queen's body con- tained the magical power of the blood , but evidently he did not see that magic as the sole source of En- glish political power . Indeed , in ...
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... authority . Crime itself , ex- emplified specifically as crime in this play is individu- alized in order that its political force be minimized ; it is constructed by the dominant authority as dangerous to all elements of the social ...
... authority . Crime itself , ex- emplified specifically as crime in this play is individu- alized in order that its political force be minimized ; it is constructed by the dominant authority as dangerous to all elements of the social ...
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... authority looms largest . Its signifiers are everywhere - they are embedded in the language through direct reference , in the gestures , and in the iconic representations of the play . A legion of readers has noted the fraudulence of ...
... authority looms largest . Its signifiers are everywhere - they are embedded in the language through direct reference , in the gestures , and in the iconic representations of the play . A legion of readers has noted the fraudulence of ...
Contents
Violence in Shakespeares Works | 1 |
The Rape of Lucrece | 77 |
Titus Andronicus | 169 |
Copyright | |
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