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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... once they have discharged their commission , prior to receiving it they portray themselves as social rejects , so ... once - not only in the form of the mutilated Lavinia , in the bleeding mouth and the bleed- ing stumps that once were ...
... once they have discharged their commission , prior to receiving it they portray themselves as social rejects , so ... once - not only in the form of the mutilated Lavinia , in the bleeding mouth and the bleed- ing stumps that once were ...
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... once Lucrece takes up the struggle against herself . In fact , the most important contrast in the poem is not between the lust- ful Tarquin and the chaste Lucrece , but between the chaste Lucrece and the unchaste Lucrece . Lucrece is ...
... once Lucrece takes up the struggle against herself . In fact , the most important contrast in the poem is not between the lust- ful Tarquin and the chaste Lucrece , but between the chaste Lucrece and the unchaste Lucrece . Lucrece is ...
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... once , is hardly original : Why should I war without the walls of Troy That find such cruel battle here within ? ( I.i.2-3 ) Though the decorum shifts from epic to romance , lan- guage remains unrefreshed . In Troilus ' words , the ...
... once , is hardly original : Why should I war without the walls of Troy That find such cruel battle here within ? ( I.i.2-3 ) Though the decorum shifts from epic to romance , lan- guage remains unrefreshed . In Troilus ' words , the ...
Contents
Violence in Shakespeares Works | 1 |
The Rape of Lucrece | 77 |
Titus Andronicus | 169 |
Copyright | |
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