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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... Henry and Richard . They note that there is an ongoing debate among critics regarding whether King Henry is a symbol of saintliness or ineptitude ; however , they find that most critics agree that Richard's character is evil . ] HENRY ...
... Henry and Richard . They note that there is an ongoing debate among critics regarding whether King Henry is a symbol of saintliness or ineptitude ; however , they find that most critics agree that Richard's character is evil . ] HENRY ...
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... Henry VI for the first time as a product not of Shake- speare's universal insight but of his particular situation as a beginning playwright in the early 1590s . Both Robert Y. Turner and Norman Rabkin saw the characters of the Henry VI ...
... Henry VI for the first time as a product not of Shake- speare's universal insight but of his particular situation as a beginning playwright in the early 1590s . Both Robert Y. Turner and Norman Rabkin saw the characters of the Henry VI ...
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... Henry IV 49 : 93 historical and romantic elements , combina- tion of Henry VIII 2 : 46 , 49 , 51 , 75 , 76 , 78 ; 24 : 71 , 80 , 146 ; 41 : 129 , 146 , 180 ; 56 : 196 , 201 ; 72 : 20 , 64 historical content Henry IV , Parts 1 and 2 1 ...
... Henry IV 49 : 93 historical and romantic elements , combina- tion of Henry VIII 2 : 46 , 49 , 51 , 75 , 76 , 78 ; 24 : 71 , 80 , 146 ; 41 : 129 , 146 , 180 ; 56 : 196 , 201 ; 72 : 20 , 64 historical content Henry IV , Parts 1 and 2 1 ...
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