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 164
... play at all . At this moment Lear is not just an old man . He has elected to overcome the disability by acting the part for all he is worth . As the play opens he chooses the play world , with all its passions and poses ; the world in ...
... play at all . At this moment Lear is not just an old man . He has elected to overcome the disability by acting the part for all he is worth . As the play opens he chooses the play world , with all its passions and poses ; the world in ...
Page 261
... play reveals that these real - life roles are not inherent in the nature of the in- dividuals who play them , but rather are imposed by social and cultural constraints . In making a similar argument about the impact of the play , both ...
... play reveals that these real - life roles are not inherent in the nature of the in- dividuals who play them , but rather are imposed by social and cultural constraints . In making a similar argument about the impact of the play , both ...
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... play is unified as it is . In this ac- count , the Shrew's structure reinforces a series of moral distinctions between various kinds of play , implicitly differentiating Petruchio's role - playing from the Lord's and from Lucentio's on ...
... play is unified as it is . In this ac- count , the Shrew's structure reinforces a series of moral distinctions between various kinds of play , implicitly differentiating Petruchio's role - playing from the Lord's and from Lucentio's on ...
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Women in Shakespeare | 1 |
King Lear | 75 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 260 |
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