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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... story . Chambers maintains that these critics have misrepresented Shakespeare's sources for King Lear , particularly in their assumption that all of the earlier versions of the story end on a happy note , when in fact only the old ...
... story . Chambers maintains that these critics have misrepresented Shakespeare's sources for King Lear , particularly in their assumption that all of the earlier versions of the story end on a happy note , when in fact only the old ...
Page 171
... story derive from that ? Suppose that the story of The Tem- pest had been based upon a history known to all educated and to many uneducated Englishmen : a history which told us that Prospero died three years after being restored to his ...
... story derive from that ? Suppose that the story of The Tem- pest had been based upon a history known to all educated and to many uneducated Englishmen : a history which told us that Prospero died three years after being restored to his ...
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... story in it . Its situations do not present successive incidents in an ordered plot . Holofernes and Nathaniel could drop out , and yet leave intact the story of the aristocratic lovers . So , too , Armado , although he is allowed to ...
... story in it . Its situations do not present successive incidents in an ordered plot . Holofernes and Nathaniel could drop out , and yet leave intact the story of the aristocratic lovers . So , too , Armado , although he is allowed to ...
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