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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... Touchstone in As You Like It , " in The Stage Clown in Shakespeare Theatre , Greenwood Press , 1996 , pp . 85-94 . [ In the essay below , Videbæk maintains that Touch- stone's function is to serve " the interests of the audi- ence ...
... Touchstone in As You Like It , " in The Stage Clown in Shakespeare Theatre , Greenwood Press , 1996 , pp . 85-94 . [ In the essay below , Videbæk maintains that Touch- stone's function is to serve " the interests of the audi- ence ...
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... Touchstone's point ; amidst our laughter at this sheer nonsense , delivered partly to us , we realize that any healthy human union cannot thrive on airy nothings . Touchstone could be supported by Celia , who could give a scathing ...
... Touchstone's point ; amidst our laughter at this sheer nonsense , delivered partly to us , we realize that any healthy human union cannot thrive on airy nothings . Touchstone could be supported by Celia , who could give a scathing ...
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... Touchstone sees po- etry itself as devious , as a means of subtle communi- cation . Only once is Touchstone directly involved with poetry itself . In V.iii he may or may not join in the singing of " There Was a Lover and His Lass ...
... Touchstone sees po- etry itself as devious , as a means of subtle communi- cation . Only once is Touchstone directly involved with poetry itself . In V.iii he may or may not join in the singing of " There Was a Lover and His Lass ...
Contents
Shakespeares Clowns and Fools | 1 |
As You Like | 87 |
King Lear | 176 |
Copyright | |
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