Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 54Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... seems to remain at times as tantalizingly intangible to the dramatist as to us . In its gradual revelation of the dark secrets of the past , there are few of the sudden , lurchingly sudden , insights of Macbeth : it is a drama of delay ...
... seems to remain at times as tantalizingly intangible to the dramatist as to us . In its gradual revelation of the dark secrets of the past , there are few of the sudden , lurchingly sudden , insights of Macbeth : it is a drama of delay ...
Page 81
... seems an overwhelming task on the stage . To gather such complexities within the boundaries of a single critical design seems even more difficult . . . . Here , it may suffice to say that as the comedies move in the direction of realism ...
... seems an overwhelming task on the stage . To gather such complexities within the boundaries of a single critical design seems even more difficult . . . . Here , it may suffice to say that as the comedies move in the direction of realism ...
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... seem to intrude at nearly every step of the way . Conversely , the narrator seems most delighted when the performance comes closest to the real thing , as in the progress to the Lord Mayor's house and back , a " Shew " that " was very ...
... seem to intrude at nearly every step of the way . Conversely , the narrator seems most delighted when the performance comes closest to the real thing , as in the progress to the Lord Mayor's house and back , a " Shew " that " was very ...
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The Comedy of Errors | 136 |
Loves Labours Lost | 225 |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 295 |
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