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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... plays are anchored , grounded , in the possibility of death - and in its certainty . The first is avoided , the second confirmed . The play itself becomes the portal . Just as its characters " play " at death and do not die , so the play ...
... plays are anchored , grounded , in the possibility of death - and in its certainty . The first is avoided , the second confirmed . The play itself becomes the portal . Just as its characters " play " at death and do not die , so the play ...
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... play is to do it an injustice ; a play , especially a comedy or romance , is play , an elaborate game of as - if , and its main focus is human action in its particular enactment on the stage , not an abstract idea or occult region of ...
... play is to do it an injustice ; a play , especially a comedy or romance , is play , an elaborate game of as - if , and its main focus is human action in its particular enactment on the stage , not an abstract idea or occult region of ...
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Michelle Lee. Cumulative Topic Index , by Play The Cumulative Topic Index , by Play identifies the principal topics of discussion in the criticism of each play and non - dramatic poem . The topics are arranged alphabetically by play ...
Michelle Lee. Cumulative Topic Index , by Play The Cumulative Topic Index , by Play identifies the principal topics of discussion in the criticism of each play and non - dramatic poem . The topics are arranged alphabetically by play ...
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