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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Page 48
... characters we have been discussing who wish to die , who wish for oblivion , yet continue to exist in a world without hope . ( I will examine the relationship between Gloucester and Edgar in more detail in chapter 4. ) Lear himself ...
... characters we have been discussing who wish to die , who wish for oblivion , yet continue to exist in a world without hope . ( I will examine the relationship between Gloucester and Edgar in more detail in chapter 4. ) Lear himself ...
Page 168
... characters , themes , and subjects from the Greek and Roman mythological traditions for his dramas and poetry . Shakespeare's in- numerable references , whether implied or explicit , to the figures of classical mythology have prompted ...
... characters , themes , and subjects from the Greek and Roman mythological traditions for his dramas and poetry . Shakespeare's in- numerable references , whether implied or explicit , to the figures of classical mythology have prompted ...
Page 315
... character can be seen in the first tetralogy , where the emblematic flatness of the characters who act in the name of God and country and the uniformity of their language contrast with the vivid particularity of the characters who ...
... character can be seen in the first tetralogy , where the emblematic flatness of the characters who act in the name of God and country and the uniformity of their language contrast with the vivid particularity of the characters who ...
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