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 240
... marriage partner ( Helen , Mariana ) —em- phasizes the continuing division between idealization and degradation , between romance and desire , which is glossed over here . In Much Ado , however , Beatrice and Benedick , dis- placing the ...
... marriage partner ( Helen , Mariana ) —em- phasizes the continuing division between idealization and degradation , between romance and desire , which is glossed over here . In Much Ado , however , Beatrice and Benedick , dis- placing the ...
Page 294
... marriage as an affectionate contract — a relationship in which both partners have a role to play . Assuming men's greater physical strength ( and no oth- er inherent superiority ) , she contrasts the roles in an hierarchical way , but ...
... marriage as an affectionate contract — a relationship in which both partners have a role to play . Assuming men's greater physical strength ( and no oth- er inherent superiority ) , she contrasts the roles in an hierarchical way , but ...
Page 295
... marriage as equal partnership . Husband and wife are like a pair of oars , a pair of gloves , and even David and Jonathan . He further notes , " Therefore one saith , that marriage doth signify merriage , because a plaifellow is come to ...
... marriage as equal partnership . Husband and wife are like a pair of oars , a pair of gloves , and even David and Jonathan . He further notes , " Therefore one saith , that marriage doth signify merriage , because a plaifellow is come to ...
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Women in Shakespeare | 1 |
King Lear | 75 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 260 |
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