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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... language those swift judgements that our common linguistic habits lead us to make without conscious reflection , and I would not attempt so peculiar a task were it not that I think the power of Lear's language is to be located at a ...
... language those swift judgements that our common linguistic habits lead us to make without conscious reflection , and I would not attempt so peculiar a task were it not that I think the power of Lear's language is to be located at a ...
Page 237
... language that carries this depends , for ef- fect , on our responding as we do to language heard in ordinary life but because it is after all the language of art - the cues for response are writ large . And further , we are in advance ...
... language that carries this depends , for ef- fect , on our responding as we do to language heard in ordinary life but because it is after all the language of art - the cues for response are writ large . And further , we are in advance ...
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... language and used only as the kept mistress of private feeling . From this conflict emerges a view of language as a medium of social exchange in the most gen- erous sense , a medium that is true to itself when it enables men and women ...
... language and used only as the kept mistress of private feeling . From this conflict emerges a view of language as a medium of social exchange in the most gen- erous sense , a medium that is true to itself when it enables men and women ...
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