Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 6Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 209
... seems clear - cut . The image of a trans- vestite Antony is not only comic in itself , it seems to epitomise the destruction of his masculinity at the hands of Cleopatra . Almost nothing in this play , however , up to the point of the ...
... seems clear - cut . The image of a trans- vestite Antony is not only comic in itself , it seems to epitomise the destruction of his masculinity at the hands of Cleopatra . Almost nothing in this play , however , up to the point of the ...
Page 229
... seems wrong to say that Shakespeare was attempting to imitate " the manners of the age , " whether contemporary or ancient , and any attempt to recuperate the meaning of the play by mapping it onto a world anterior to the text and ...
... seems wrong to say that Shakespeare was attempting to imitate " the manners of the age , " whether contemporary or ancient , and any attempt to recuperate the meaning of the play by mapping it onto a world anterior to the text and ...
Page 381
... seems in itself to cause that gap between words and actuality which , in both old and new king , impairs the sanctity of the office . The gap between words and things in the outlook of both Richard and Bolingbroke mirrors , and perhaps ...
... seems in itself to cause that gap between words and actuality which , in both old and new king , impairs the sanctity of the office . The gap between words and things in the outlook of both Richard and Bolingbroke mirrors , and perhaps ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Richard II | 241 |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 429 |
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