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 155
... effect on the spec- tator . But this is surely not so . We need no more expect to receive - lapses of performance and attention apart - the full value of a great drama at a first hearing than we expect it of a complex piece of music ...
... effect on the spec- tator . But this is surely not so . We need no more expect to receive - lapses of performance and attention apart - the full value of a great drama at a first hearing than we expect it of a complex piece of music ...
Page 217
... effect in advance . As the earlier play King Leir surely demonstrates sufficiently , any conceivable rationalization is bound to be weak and inadequate . In the third place , the machine - like quality of ritual produces , in the first ...
... effect in advance . As the earlier play King Leir surely demonstrates sufficiently , any conceivable rationalization is bound to be weak and inadequate . In the third place , the machine - like quality of ritual produces , in the first ...
Page 364
... effect ; but here , a sense that language is unreliable is basic to the play's vision . The mistaking of words is still a comic effect , but it is far from incidental . The play , in short , shows conventions - even words them- selves ...
... effect ; but here , a sense that language is unreliable is basic to the play's vision . The mistaking of words is still a comic effect , but it is far from incidental . The play , in short , shows conventions - even words them- selves ...
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