Shakespearean CriticismPresents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Includes commentary by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as a full range of views from later centuries, with an emphasis on contemporary analysis. Includes aesthetic criticism, textual criticism, and criticism of Shakespeare in performance. |
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... John turns and fawns on Hubert . The warmth of his ap- proach - O my gentle Hubert , / We owe thee much ! ' ( ii , 29-30 [ iii , 19-20 ] ) - has , I believe , a double motivation . John is not merely flattering Hubert in order to bring ...
... John turns and fawns on Hubert . The warmth of his ap- proach - O my gentle Hubert , / We owe thee much ! ' ( ii , 29-30 [ iii , 19-20 ] ) - has , I believe , a double motivation . John is not merely flattering Hubert in order to bring ...
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... John's ' safety ' ( 50 ) , in requesting freedom for Arthur , has about it more of threat than of concern . Hubert's entrance before John's reply ( as the Folio has it , rather than following that reply , where most editors have seen ...
... John's ' safety ' ( 50 ) , in requesting freedom for Arthur , has about it more of threat than of concern . Hubert's entrance before John's reply ( as the Folio has it , rather than following that reply , where most editors have seen ...
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... John ( 1591 ; herein TR ) . " At the very outset of Shakespeare's play , John's legitimacy is put squarely in issue when the French ambassador snidely refers to his " borrowed majesty " ( 1.1.4 ) . John tacitly acknowledges the cloud on ...
... John ( 1591 ; herein TR ) . " At the very outset of Shakespeare's play , John's legitimacy is put squarely in issue when the French ambassador snidely refers to his " borrowed majesty " ( 1.1.4 ) . John tacitly acknowledges the cloud on ...
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