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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... misogyny of Shakespeare's play . Overt misogyny based on absolutes of gender is one of the greatest difficulties for a modern audience for it denies the individuality which is central to liberal democratic ideas . Richard Briers , who ...
... misogyny of Shakespeare's play . Overt misogyny based on absolutes of gender is one of the greatest difficulties for a modern audience for it denies the individuality which is central to liberal democratic ideas . Richard Briers , who ...
Page 123
... misogyny in the play . ] Every feminist critic has encountered the archly dis- ingenuous question ' What exactly is feminist criti- cism ? ' The only effective response is ' I'll send you a booklist ' , for feminist criticism can only ...
... misogyny in the play . ] Every feminist critic has encountered the archly dis- ingenuous question ' What exactly is feminist criti- cism ? ' The only effective response is ' I'll send you a booklist ' , for feminist criticism can only ...
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... misogyny associated with Catholic asceticism to puritan assertions of the importance of women in the godly household as partners in holy and companionate marriage . The main portion of the book is an elaboration of themes - Chastity ...
... misogyny associated with Catholic asceticism to puritan assertions of the importance of women in the godly household as partners in holy and companionate marriage . The main portion of the book is an elaboration of themes - Chastity ...
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Women in Shakespeare | 1 |
King Lear | 75 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 260 |
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