Shakespearean CriticismPresents 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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... nature as far as , indeed more than , dramatic conventions and limita- tions allow . So that even Shaw , who thought ... natural , in Antony and Cleopatra the valiancy , audacity and extravagance of style dazzle and delude us . And as ...
... nature as far as , indeed more than , dramatic conventions and limita- tions allow . So that even Shaw , who thought ... natural , in Antony and Cleopatra the valiancy , audacity and extravagance of style dazzle and delude us . And as ...
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... nature . But there are other sides too that Shakespeare , intent on producing a tragic hero , is careful to show : the refusal to accept the " bribe " of a reward for valorous service , his natural modesty when praised , the candid ...
... nature . But there are other sides too that Shakespeare , intent on producing a tragic hero , is careful to show : the refusal to accept the " bribe " of a reward for valorous service , his natural modesty when praised , the candid ...
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... nature ' , concluded another eyewitness . ' They excite his contempt , mar his course of life , falsify his posi- tion , and co - operate with his own best feelings to work his destruction ' ( Morning Chronicle , 22 March 1838 ) . Edwin ...
... nature ' , concluded another eyewitness . ' They excite his contempt , mar his course of life , falsify his posi- tion , and co - operate with his own best feelings to work his destruction ' ( Morning Chronicle , 22 March 1838 ) . Edwin ...
Contents
Antony and Cleopatra | 1 |
Coriolanus | 124 |
Comparisons and Overviews | 227 |
Copyright | |
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