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 153
... true that a number of expositors . . . see in Lear's tragedy a great process of purification , by means of which he is freed from the dross of vanity and selfishness and is led out of his blindness to a proper recognition of the true ...
... true that a number of expositors . . . see in Lear's tragedy a great process of purification , by means of which he is freed from the dross of vanity and selfishness and is led out of his blindness to a proper recognition of the true ...
Page 360
... true wis- dom , true ' civilization ' , true immortality , resides only within the oral community and its social and sexual processes which they have rejected . As ' bookmen ' [ II . i . 227 ] ( as the play calls them ) the members of ...
... true wis- dom , true ' civilization ' , true immortality , resides only within the oral community and its social and sexual processes which they have rejected . As ' bookmen ' [ II . i . 227 ] ( as the play calls them ) the members of ...
Page 557
... true history of the play of Pericles " was the author of a large portion of the text of the play itself , I will now give the reasons for my belief that the novel was not - as is commonly supposed- based upon the play , but that , on ...
... true history of the play of Pericles " was the author of a large portion of the text of the play itself , I will now give the reasons for my belief that the novel was not - as is commonly supposed- based upon the play , but that , on ...
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