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 250
... Hero as " nebulous , " but he uses the word to dismiss rather than to analyze her . In fact , Hero's nebulousness is significant : she is the " nothing " that generates so much ado . The pun on nothing and noting in the play has ...
... Hero as " nebulous , " but he uses the word to dismiss rather than to analyze her . In fact , Hero's nebulousness is significant : she is the " nothing " that generates so much ado . The pun on nothing and noting in the play has ...
Page 255
... Hero's behalf may in some sense undercut its own power to effect chang- es in the world of the play and may unconsciously reinforce the assumptions of which Hero is a victim . The friar's plea on behalf of the prostrate Hero revers- es ...
... Hero's behalf may in some sense undercut its own power to effect chang- es in the world of the play and may unconsciously reinforce the assumptions of which Hero is a victim . The friar's plea on behalf of the prostrate Hero revers- es ...
Page 256
... Hero's death . The scene at Hero's " tomb " ( 5.3 ) marks Claudio's and Don Pedro's entrance into the fictional world created by the other characters . This is the play's most highly formal scene , governed in both its action and its ...
... Hero's death . The scene at Hero's " tomb " ( 5.3 ) marks Claudio's and Don Pedro's entrance into the fictional world created by the other characters . This is the play's most highly formal scene , governed in both its action and its ...
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Women in Shakespeare | 1 |
King Lear | 75 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 260 |
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