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 67
... whole and the whole to the parts " is as inapplicable to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales as to the mystery plays , in the primitive art - form of which many essential details of the later drama , especially the historical drama , originated ...
... whole and the whole to the parts " is as inapplicable to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales as to the mystery plays , in the primitive art - form of which many essential details of the later drama , especially the historical drama , originated ...
Page 274
... whole action . At the beginning of the play the two threads run together for a while , and then separate . The duel shows the opposing sides , though Richard seems to be playing the part of the media- tor .... Bolingbroke , who is the ...
... whole action . At the beginning of the play the two threads run together for a while , and then separate . The duel shows the opposing sides , though Richard seems to be playing the part of the media- tor .... Bolingbroke , who is the ...
Page 286
... whole tragedy . England herself is thought of by Gaunt as This nurse , this teeming womb of royal kings , Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth ; [ II . i . 51-2 ] and when the queen , after Richard's departure for Ireland ...
... whole tragedy . England herself is thought of by Gaunt as This nurse , this teeming womb of royal kings , Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth ; [ II . i . 51-2 ] and when the queen , after Richard's departure for Ireland ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Richard II | 241 |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 429 |
Copyright | |
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