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 114
... seen as effeminate by the Ro- mans ; and indeed Egypt seems to be a kingdom com- posed exclusively of women and eunuchs . We do not need the allegorical tradition to explain that lasciviousness robs a man of his virtus , his manly ...
... seen as effeminate by the Ro- mans ; and indeed Egypt seems to be a kingdom com- posed exclusively of women and eunuchs . We do not need the allegorical tradition to explain that lasciviousness robs a man of his virtus , his manly ...
Page 326
... seen . Examining the " play as seen " involves reconstructing a hypothetical Elizabethan production out of hints in the text as well as tracing the play's subsequent stage history . Yet these tell us only what physical things are seen ...
... seen . Examining the " play as seen " involves reconstructing a hypothetical Elizabethan production out of hints in the text as well as tracing the play's subsequent stage history . Yet these tell us only what physical things are seen ...
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... seen returning from the battlefield in I.ii ; and this nobility is seen in action when he brings the single combat with Ajax to an end to praise his adversary , and when later he has Achilles at his mercy and lets him go ( V.vi ) . This ...
... seen returning from the battlefield in I.ii ; and this nobility is seen in action when he brings the single combat with Ajax to an end to praise his adversary , and when later he has Achilles at his mercy and lets him go ( V.vi ) . This ...
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Shakespeare and Classical Civilization | 1 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 81 |
Timon of Athens | 154 |
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