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 64
... important subsidiary roles , three of which , Paulina ( 325 ) , Hermione ( 207 ) , Per- dita ( 128 ) , required boy - actresses . The divided action of the play made doubling peculiarly feasible . Mamil- lius and the ladies of the court ...
... important subsidiary roles , three of which , Paulina ( 325 ) , Hermione ( 207 ) , Per- dita ( 128 ) , required boy - actresses . The divided action of the play made doubling peculiarly feasible . Mamil- lius and the ladies of the court ...
Page 200
... important , Shakespeare introduces through Benedick the important theme of conjugal infidelity in this early episode . To Don Pedro's question if Hero is his daughter , Leonato replies : " Her mother hath many times told me so ...
... important , Shakespeare introduces through Benedick the important theme of conjugal infidelity in this early episode . To Don Pedro's question if Hero is his daughter , Leonato replies : " Her mother hath many times told me so ...
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... important here than the clear connection between women's independent appropriation of discourse and a conceived threat to patriarchal authority contained through public shaming or spectacle - the ducking stool , usually called the ...
... important here than the clear connection between women's independent appropriation of discourse and a conceived threat to patriarchal authority contained through public shaming or spectacle - the ducking stool , usually called the ...
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