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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... story has purpose . He says : " And lords and ladies in their lives / Have read it for restoratives : The purchase is to make men glorious " ( 7-9 ) —the edifying purpose of literature . Gower implies that people already know his story ...
... story has purpose . He says : " And lords and ladies in their lives / Have read it for restoratives : The purchase is to make men glorious " ( 7-9 ) —the edifying purpose of literature . Gower implies that people already know his story ...
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... story that will unfold ; indeed , the chorus states the purpose thus : " To make that only true we now intend . . . " ( 21 ) . We confront here not the presence of a fiction but rather the example of truth . In line 9 the speaker ...
... story that will unfold ; indeed , the chorus states the purpose thus : " To make that only true we now intend . . . " ( 21 ) . We confront here not the presence of a fiction but rather the example of truth . In line 9 the speaker ...
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... story he does throughout : he tries to impose a perfect , uncompli- cated continuity on the complex , discontinuous experi- ences of his life . To some extent , he succeeds in what he attempts , for his story has a convincingly tragic ...
... story he does throughout : he tries to impose a perfect , uncompli- cated continuity on the complex , discontinuous experi- ences of his life . To some extent , he succeeds in what he attempts , for his story has a convincingly tragic ...
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The Comedy of Errors | 136 |
Loves Labours Lost | 225 |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 295 |
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