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 271
... Petruchio's is not to curb Kate's " mad and headstrong humor " ( IV.i.211 ) through brute force but to gain her love . What they tend to deny , however , is that love and power are deeply connected . Petruchio's charismatic authority ...
... Petruchio's is not to curb Kate's " mad and headstrong humor " ( IV.i.211 ) through brute force but to gain her love . What they tend to deny , however , is that love and power are deeply connected . Petruchio's charismatic authority ...
Page 272
... Petruchio's threat may seem superfluous and even cru- el . Robert Heilman argues , for example [ in his intro- duction to the Signet edition , 1966 ] , that when Petruchio asks a kiss , we do have human beings with feelings , not robots ...
... Petruchio's threat may seem superfluous and even cru- el . Robert Heilman argues , for example [ in his intro- duction to the Signet edition , 1966 ] , that when Petruchio asks a kiss , we do have human beings with feelings , not robots ...
Page 273
... Petruchio's role - playing by redirect- ing it unto other women . An obvious moment of clo- sure would seem to occur when Kate wins Petruchio's wager for him by coming when he calls her . The fact that Petruchio continues to make ...
... Petruchio's role - playing by redirect- ing it unto other women . An obvious moment of clo- sure would seem to occur when Kate wins Petruchio's wager for him by coming when he calls her . The fact that Petruchio continues to make ...
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Women in Shakespeare | 1 |
King Lear | 75 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 260 |
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