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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... father nor no friend of mine . ( V.iv.2-9 ) Joan's response to her father's offer to die with her is to deny the link of paternity that means so much to the Tal- bots . As John kneels to his father , so the Shepherd asks Joan to kneel ...
... father nor no friend of mine . ( V.iv.2-9 ) Joan's response to her father's offer to die with her is to deny the link of paternity that means so much to the Tal- bots . As John kneels to his father , so the Shepherd asks Joan to kneel ...
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... father . One of the most striking of the individual tragedies in the trilogy is the one that gives the Quarto version of 3 Henry VI its title , the death of York . Alone , defeated , he recalls how his sons tried to save him : My sons ...
... father . One of the most striking of the individual tragedies in the trilogy is the one that gives the Quarto version of 3 Henry VI its title , the death of York . Alone , defeated , he recalls how his sons tried to save him : My sons ...
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... father who gives his son both life and death . The Son declares , “ And I , who at his hands receiv'd my life , / Have by my hands of life bereaved him " ( 67-68 ) ; and the Father , " O boy , thy father gave thee life too soon , / And ...
... father who gives his son both life and death . The Son declares , “ And I , who at his hands receiv'd my life , / Have by my hands of life bereaved him " ( 67-68 ) ; and the Father , " O boy , thy father gave thee life too soon , / And ...
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