Shakespearean CriticismMichael Magoulias Presents 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 36
... means of catastrophes to the whole world ' . ' Those who are wise ' , he continued , ' some- times prefer to lose a thing rather than to gain it , because they realise that it will be less costly . . . . What is safe anywhere while ...
... means of catastrophes to the whole world ' . ' Those who are wise ' , he continued , ' some- times prefer to lose a thing rather than to gain it , because they realise that it will be less costly . . . . What is safe anywhere while ...
Page 90
... means used by the divine powers to punish the Egyptians for their sins by causing their country's enslavement ( 11. 450- 57 ) . For the repentant , regenerate Cleopatra our utmost sympathy and admiration is evoked . At the same time ...
... means used by the divine powers to punish the Egyptians for their sins by causing their country's enslavement ( 11. 450- 57 ) . For the repentant , regenerate Cleopatra our utmost sympathy and admiration is evoked . At the same time ...
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... means " [ quoted by Akrigg in Letters of James VI and П ] . But as his language suggests , the very enormity of the situation created by his acts of bounty kept him from confronting it , and it would seem , drove him back into fantasies ...
... means " [ quoted by Akrigg in Letters of James VI and П ] . But as his language suggests , the very enormity of the situation created by his acts of bounty kept him from confronting it , and it would seem , drove him back into fantasies ...
Contents
Shakespeare and Classical Civilization | 1 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 81 |
Timon of Athens | 154 |
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