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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 86
Page 40
... present stagings of Shakespeare's histories - notably Matthew Warchus's Henry V , which occupied Stratford's main stage the same year - Mitch- ell's production is less interested in memorializing national history than in releasing ...
... present stagings of Shakespeare's histories - notably Matthew Warchus's Henry V , which occupied Stratford's main stage the same year - Mitch- ell's production is less interested in memorializing national history than in releasing ...
Page 133
... present themselves for the first time as men with personal , and not only political histories . They suddenly are frail , hu- man individuals , not charismatic leaders of the nation . This new side of Brutus's and Cassius's portrayal ...
... present themselves for the first time as men with personal , and not only political histories . They suddenly are frail , hu- man individuals , not charismatic leaders of the nation . This new side of Brutus's and Cassius's portrayal ...
Page 239
... Present mirth hath present laughter ; What's to come is still unsure : In delay there lies no plenty ; Then come kiss me , sweet and twenty ! Youth's a stuff will not endure . All the " wise " people in the play have this attitude ; if ...
... Present mirth hath present laughter ; What's to come is still unsure : In delay there lies no plenty ; Then come kiss me , sweet and twenty ! Youth's a stuff will not endure . All the " wise " people in the play have this attitude ; if ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
actors Antony Antony's audience becomes Brutus Brutus's Cade Cade's Cambridge Cassius castration Cesario character comedy comic conspiracy conspirators critics cultural death disguise dramatic Duke early modern edition Edward Elizabethan England English essay date eunuch female Feste Feste's film gender Gentlemen of Verona Gloucester gulling Henry VI Henry VI plays Henry's History Plays Humphrey Illyria Jack Cade Joan John Julia Julius Caesar King King Lear Launce literary London lover male Malvolio Margaret ment mimetic moral murder narrative noble Nunn Nunn's Olivia Orsino Oxford performance play's plot political Portia present Press production Proteus Queen relationship Renaissance reveals Richard Richard III role Roman Rome says scene Sebastian seems sense sexual Shake Shakespeare Shakespeare's plays Silvia Sir Toby social speare speare's speech sport stage Suffolk suggests theatre theatrical thee thou tion tragedy Twelfth Night twins Valentine Viola William Shakespeare woman women words York