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 184
... thing in the production is archaelogically correct - not a costume , not a sword , not a buckle , nothing . However , for any production , a spe- cial reality , a theatrical world , has to be found , and every- thing must appear ...
... thing in the production is archaelogically correct - not a costume , not a sword , not a buckle , nothing . However , for any production , a spe- cial reality , a theatrical world , has to be found , and every- thing must appear ...
Page 198
... thing about scars . . . I think that through that she is feeding all her ambitions of power ; it's a fantasy - power . I don't honestly think Coriolanus really wants to be Consul . " Know , good mother , / I had rather be their servant ...
... thing about scars . . . I think that through that she is feeding all her ambitions of power ; it's a fantasy - power . I don't honestly think Coriolanus really wants to be Consul . " Know , good mother , / I had rather be their servant ...
Page 205
... thing you've been doing must be the thing that's close to you and frightening to you . It is in fact an added attraction . He doesn't pretend it's a bed of roses out there . From just before the play starts , he is beginning to be ...
... thing you've been doing must be the thing that's close to you and frightening to you . It is in fact an added attraction . He doesn't pretend it's a bed of roses out there . From just before the play starts , he is beginning to be ...
Contents
Antony and Cleopatra | 1 |
Coriolanus | 124 |
Comparisons and Overviews | 227 |
Copyright | |
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