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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... tion ? " ( As You Like It , III.ii.204-206 ) . Upon hearing that Orlando is near , she is as perturbed as Jessica before Lorenzo : " Orlando ? . . . Alas the day ! What shall I do with my doublet and hose ? " ( III.ii.229-231 ) ...
... tion ? " ( As You Like It , III.ii.204-206 ) . Upon hearing that Orlando is near , she is as perturbed as Jessica before Lorenzo : " Orlando ? . . . Alas the day ! What shall I do with my doublet and hose ? " ( III.ii.229-231 ) ...
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... tion he found in Plutarch , to make Cleopatra playable on the Jacobean stage , but , in accommodating himself to the boy - actress , he did not sacrifice a single emo- tional effect . V Shakespeare's texts , as they survive , are a ...
... tion he found in Plutarch , to make Cleopatra playable on the Jacobean stage , but , in accommodating himself to the boy - actress , he did not sacrifice a single emo- tional effect . V Shakespeare's texts , as they survive , are a ...
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... tion . The situation poses always the question : how do I know ? How can I be sure that A. is telling the truth , that B. is a villain , that C. loves me , that D. is lovesick ? How can intuition be confirmed ? These variants of the ...
... tion . The situation poses always the question : how do I know ? How can I be sure that A. is telling the truth , that B. is a villain , that C. loves me , that D. is lovesick ? How can intuition be confirmed ? These variants of the ...
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