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 181
... seem in itself ( and it seems never so much all these at once as in its final dealings with Cordelia and her father ) , it does , in fact , when spiritually lived with , compel us to accept without question its beauty , its ...
... seem in itself ( and it seems never so much all these at once as in its final dealings with Cordelia and her father ) , it does , in fact , when spiritually lived with , compel us to accept without question its beauty , its ...
Page 206
... seems to me , is the main abstraction whch Shakespeare seems determined to conduct throughout the play : the forcing apart , I mean , of character from circumstance , of virtue from happiness and then of virtue from life itself . In the ...
... seems to me , is the main abstraction whch Shakespeare seems determined to conduct throughout the play : the forcing apart , I mean , of character from circumstance , of virtue from happiness and then of virtue from life itself . In the ...
Page 504
... seems to me , then , that the contradictions in Claudio's at- titude towards the action for which he has been sentenced are not , as Professor Knights suggested , the result of ' feelings at war with themselves ' in the poet , but ...
... seems to me , then , that the contradictions in Claudio's at- titude towards the action for which he has been sentenced are not , as Professor Knights suggested , the result of ' feelings at war with themselves ' in the poet , but ...
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