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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Page 78
... mind , and an exhaustive hunt has proceeded over the centuries . ' Sir Sidney Colvin writes : " There are cases , and this is one , where the particularity of the description and the insistence . on technical details make it certain ...
... mind , and an exhaustive hunt has proceeded over the centuries . ' Sir Sidney Colvin writes : " There are cases , and this is one , where the particularity of the description and the insistence . on technical details make it certain ...
Page 81
... mind ( as we do in ours ) with the brutality of her own rape earlier in the poem . The picture she sees is de- scribed as a complex and elaborate treatment of the rape of Troy , rendered by an artist who achieves dra- matic impact ...
... mind ( as we do in ours ) with the brutality of her own rape earlier in the poem . The picture she sees is de- scribed as a complex and elaborate treatment of the rape of Troy , rendered by an artist who achieves dra- matic impact ...
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... mind the context of Saint Augustine's remarks about Lucretia in The City of God : he is concerned in this early section of the work with . the Christian's proper attitudes towards death , homi- cide , and suicide . In this context ...
... mind the context of Saint Augustine's remarks about Lucretia in The City of God : he is concerned in this early section of the work with . the Christian's proper attitudes towards death , homi- cide , and suicide . In this context ...
Contents
Violence in Shakespeares Works | 1 |
The Rape of Lucrece | 77 |
Titus Andronicus | 169 |
Copyright | |
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