Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 4Laurie Lanzen Harris Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... Britain and Rome . We have seen how there is a strong revulsion from the pettiness and sordidness of ' local ' life , but there is much more than that . Britain is regarded with a mature reasonableness - I do not imply that any ...
... Britain and Rome . We have seen how there is a strong revulsion from the pettiness and sordidness of ' local ' life , but there is much more than that . Britain is regarded with a mature reasonableness - I do not imply that any ...
Page 84
... Britain's defeat to victory . They prove themselves ' the liver , heart and brain of Britain ' by whom she lives ' [ V. v . 14 , 15 ] . ( pp . 163-64 ) Cymbeline is a vast parable , with affinities to Lyly's Endimion , though far more ...
... Britain's defeat to victory . They prove themselves ' the liver , heart and brain of Britain ' by whom she lives ' [ V. v . 14 , 15 ] . ( pp . 163-64 ) Cymbeline is a vast parable , with affinities to Lyly's Endimion , though far more ...
Page 162
... Britain , and Posthumus , is crushed . In the finale , Britain becomes indeed an island of miracles . Shakespeare goes beyond the usual comic ending in the ex- traordinary number of dénouements he achieves . There seems to be something ...
... Britain , and Posthumus , is crushed . In the finale , Britain becomes indeed an island of miracles . Shakespeare goes beyond the usual comic ending in the ex- traordinary number of dénouements he achieves . There seems to be something ...
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action Additional Bibliography Anna Brownell Jameson Antonio appears argues Arviragus audience August Wilhelm Schlegel Bassanio beauty Belarius Belmont bond Britain casket character Christian Cloten comedy comic conflict contends contrast conventions court critics Cymbe Cymbeline Cymbeline's daughter death Desdemona disguise dramatic dream E. K. Chambers Elizabethan emotional essay date excerpt father feeling final give Granville-Barker Gratiano Guiderius Harley Granville-Barker harmony hath Hermann Ulrici human husband Iachimo ideal imagery Imogen irony Jessica Jupiter justice King Lorenzo lovers means Merchant of Venice mercy moral nature Nerissa Othello passion Pisanio play's plot poet Portia Posthumus Posthumus's pound of flesh Queen repentance revenge ring romance sadness seems sense sexual Shake Shakespeare Shylock significance soliloquy soul speare's speech spirit story suggests symbolic thee theme thing thou tragedy tragic trial scene true truth Venetian villain virtue vision wager wife William Hazlitt Winter's Tale words