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 161
... means , of course , that the play offers no solution - it offers no material for a solu- tion of the question ... mean is this : - Politics are the realm where , whatever the particular interests involved , the issues are to some extent ...
... means , of course , that the play offers no solution - it offers no material for a solu- tion of the question ... mean is this : - Politics are the realm where , whatever the particular interests involved , the issues are to some extent ...
Page 173
... means that human communities unite around some transfigured victim . There is nothing genuinely transcendental or metaphysical about the foundational murder . It is similar to mimetic polarisa- tions of the conspiracy type except for ...
... means that human communities unite around some transfigured victim . There is nothing genuinely transcendental or metaphysical about the foundational murder . It is similar to mimetic polarisa- tions of the conspiracy type except for ...
Page 183
... means to confer sexual attention upon , “ to entertain " means to caress erotically preparatory to intercourse , " to take " means to assume carnal posses- sion of , and " die " and " run " both signify sexual climax . That Strato held ...
... means to confer sexual attention upon , “ to entertain " means to caress erotically preparatory to intercourse , " to take " means to assume carnal posses- sion of , and " die " and " run " both signify sexual climax . That Strato held ...
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