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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Page 207
... concerned with strict dramatic plot or with character in the ordinary sense . He is , above all , concerned to exhibit certain moral ideas or states , imaginatively appre- hended indeed , yet still ideas of evil and of good . His imag ...
... concerned with strict dramatic plot or with character in the ordinary sense . He is , above all , concerned to exhibit certain moral ideas or states , imaginatively appre- hended indeed , yet still ideas of evil and of good . His imag ...
Page 352
... concerned with society , and the happiness of life in society . If it does not present a living society in action , it presents and comments on configurations of conduct which sustain living societies in and out of plays . It is concerned ...
... concerned with society , and the happiness of life in society . If it does not present a living society in action , it presents and comments on configurations of conduct which sustain living societies in and out of plays . It is concerned ...
Page 471
... concerned with the " Prince's duty " , particularly in regard to the administration of justice . At no time , perhaps , could Shakespeare have pre- sented such a subject without reckoning to some extent on what his audience would be ...
... concerned with the " Prince's duty " , particularly in regard to the administration of justice . At no time , perhaps , could Shakespeare have pre- sented such a subject without reckoning to some extent on what his audience would be ...
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