Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 2Laurie Lanzen Harris Gale Research Company, 1984 - 591 pages This volume includes plot summaries, character profiles, criticism of the works and sources for further study. |
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... Lear's , we are driven to conclude , burst in the purest agony at his eternal separation from Cordelia . There is , then , no mitigation in Lear's death , hence no miti- gation in the ending of the play . On the contrary , either the ...
... Lear's , we are driven to conclude , burst in the purest agony at his eternal separation from Cordelia . There is , then , no mitigation in Lear's death , hence no miti- gation in the ending of the play . On the contrary , either the ...
Page 295
... Lear's own crisis of identity . Van Doren , Mark . " King Lear . " In his Shakespeare , pp . 238-51 . New York : Henry Holt and Co. , 1939 . An imaginative interpretation of King Lear in which the critic calls the play " lyrical instead ...
... Lear's own crisis of identity . Van Doren , Mark . " King Lear . " In his Shakespeare , pp . 238-51 . New York : Henry Holt and Co. , 1939 . An imaginative interpretation of King Lear in which the critic calls the play " lyrical instead ...
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... Lear's own crisis of identity . Van Doren , Mark . “ King Lear . ” In his Shakespeare , pp . 238-51 . New York : Henry Holt and Co. , 1939 . An imaginative interpretation of King Lear in which the critic calls the play " lyrical instead ...
... Lear's own crisis of identity . Van Doren , Mark . “ King Lear . ” In his Shakespeare , pp . 238-51 . New York : Henry Holt and Co. , 1939 . An imaginative interpretation of King Lear in which the critic calls the play " lyrical instead ...
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