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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Page 111
... suggest that action takes place on more than one level . Moreover , it was written at a time when Shakespeare was making little dramatic use of the window - stages . The soldiers , it is true , appear to scale the walls of the monument ...
... suggest that action takes place on more than one level . Moreover , it was written at a time when Shakespeare was making little dramatic use of the window - stages . The soldiers , it is true , appear to scale the walls of the monument ...
Page 428
... suggest that he is not a just ruler . Still , his personal qualities do not match his public stature . Shake- speare , in line with his usual strategy in the play , deliber- ately alerts us to the gap . A strong opening can sometimes ...
... suggest that he is not a just ruler . Still , his personal qualities do not match his public stature . Shake- speare , in line with his usual strategy in the play , deliber- ately alerts us to the gap . A strong opening can sometimes ...
Page 490
... suggest that full justice was done to them . While there was extensive cutting in the middle of the play ( in 3.2 and 3.4 ) , the rest was left largely intact . The perfor- mance was greeted with enthusiasm and , in ignorance of ...
... suggest that full justice was done to them . While there was extensive cutting in the middle of the play ( in 3.2 and 3.4 ) , the rest was left largely intact . The perfor- mance was greeted with enthusiasm and , in ignorance of ...
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Antony and Cleopatra | 1 |
Coriolanus | 124 |
Comparisons and Overviews | 227 |
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