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 89
... calls for " two men " to be seen " smothering " the Duke " in his bed , " whereas in F " two or three " simply confirm , to Suffolk , that they have " dispatched this thing , " the actual method ( or methods ) remaining unspecified . In ...
... calls for " two men " to be seen " smothering " the Duke " in his bed , " whereas in F " two or three " simply confirm , to Suffolk , that they have " dispatched this thing , " the actual method ( or methods ) remaining unspecified . In ...
Page 181
... calls his newest partner " my Caius " and prepares to “ unfold ” to him his secret . Brutus's funeral oration further undercuts his vaunted " honesty , " revealing him to be , like Caesar , a " com- mon " or mass " lover " : he calls ...
... calls his newest partner " my Caius " and prepares to “ unfold ” to him his secret . Brutus's funeral oration further undercuts his vaunted " honesty , " revealing him to be , like Caesar , a " com- mon " or mass " lover " : he calls ...
Page 294
... calls her ( V. i . 123 ) ; for us she has always been Cesario , and only Se- bastian can restore to her her rightful name and the freedom to be herself . She at first assumes he is a ghost , ' If spirits can assume both form and suit ...
... calls her ( V. i . 123 ) ; for us she has always been Cesario , and only Se- bastian can restore to her her rightful name and the freedom to be herself . She at first assumes he is a ghost , ' If spirits can assume both form and suit ...
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