Shakespearean CriticismThis detailed series provides comprehensive coverage of critical interpretations of the plays of Shakespeare. Beginning with Vol. 60, the series replaced its annual compilation of essays representing the year's most noteworthy Shakespearean scholarship with topic entries, comprised of essays that analyze various topics or themes found Shakespeare's works. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text. Each volume includes a cumulative character index, a topic index and a topic index arranged by play title. - Publisher. |
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... Iago's earlier intent ' to abuse Othello's [ ear ] That he [ Cassio ] is too familiar with his wife ' ( I , iii , 377-8 ) , and with Othello's threat that Iago should ' abandon all remorse ' if he ' doest slander her and torture me ...
... Iago's earlier intent ' to abuse Othello's [ ear ] That he [ Cassio ] is too familiar with his wife ' ( I , iii , 377-8 ) , and with Othello's threat that Iago should ' abandon all remorse ' if he ' doest slander her and torture me ...
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... Iago's mental activity is like the wool losing its nap . Iago's worry that he cannot do what Desdemona asks implies that his dispraise of women was candid and easily produced , while the praise requires labour and inspiration from a ...
... Iago's mental activity is like the wool losing its nap . Iago's worry that he cannot do what Desdemona asks implies that his dispraise of women was candid and easily produced , while the praise requires labour and inspiration from a ...
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... Iago , not God or the devil , is engendering , or conceiving the offspring . " Hell and night " are cast in the lesser role of midwives , as enabling rather than causative agents . Iago's metaphor is noteworthy for its implied ...
... Iago , not God or the devil , is engendering , or conceiving the offspring . " Hell and night " are cast in the lesser role of midwives , as enabling rather than causative agents . Iago's metaphor is noteworthy for its implied ...
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King John | 1 |
Character Studies | 38 |
Production Reviews | 62 |
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