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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Page 102
... symbolic ends of its own , working up through successive stages to a final , inclusive effect . ( pp . 96-7 ) [ Posthumus and Imogen are reconciled ] in lines pregnant with symbolic meaning and unmistakably belonging to the spirit of ...
... symbolic ends of its own , working up through successive stages to a final , inclusive effect . ( pp . 96-7 ) [ Posthumus and Imogen are reconciled ] in lines pregnant with symbolic meaning and unmistakably belonging to the spirit of ...
Page 141
... symbolic for definite reasons . Adopting the synopsis of the play's leading theme suggested by J. P. Brock- bank — that it enacts “ certain truths about the processes that have shaped the history of Britain ' ( see Additional ...
... symbolic for definite reasons . Adopting the synopsis of the play's leading theme suggested by J. P. Brock- bank — that it enacts “ certain truths about the processes that have shaped the history of Britain ' ( see Additional ...
Page 167
... symbolic potential of the androgynous heroine for the first time ( as dis- tinct from the dramatic and romantic possibilities of the sexual disguise ) , incorporating it into the symbolic structure of his play and using the unavoidable ...
... symbolic potential of the androgynous heroine for the first time ( as dis- tinct from the dramatic and romantic possibilities of the sexual disguise ) , incorporating it into the symbolic structure of his play and using the unavoidable ...
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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