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 116
... speak by speaking it ; that is , Goner- il's words occupy the discursive space that Cordelia would have to claim for herself if she were truly to satisfy her father's demand . Consequently , any attempt to represent her silent love is ...
... speak by speaking it ; that is , Goner- il's words occupy the discursive space that Cordelia would have to claim for herself if she were truly to satisfy her father's demand . Consequently , any attempt to represent her silent love is ...
Page 158
... speak . But again , it needn't be . After Lear's acceptance of Regan's characteristic out - strip- ping ( she has no ideas of her own , her special vileness is always to increase the measure of pain others are prepared to inflict ; her ...
... speak . But again , it needn't be . After Lear's acceptance of Regan's characteristic out - strip- ping ( she has no ideas of her own , her special vileness is always to increase the measure of pain others are prepared to inflict ; her ...
Page 173
... speak in the whole play . She does not even speak a word when she is formally betrothed to Clau- dio in Act 2 - it is Beatrice who covers her natural shyness with ' Speak , cousin , or if you cannot , stop his mouth with a kiss , and ...
... speak in the whole play . She does not even speak a word when she is formally betrothed to Clau- dio in Act 2 - it is Beatrice who covers her natural shyness with ' Speak , cousin , or if you cannot , stop his mouth with a kiss , and ...
Contents
Women in Shakespeare | 1 |
King Lear | 75 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 260 |
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