Shakespearean CriticismMichele Lee 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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... murder than " present death " ( 2.3.184-85 ) ; Hermione accuses Leontes of ripping her newborn from her breast and haling it out to " murder " ( 3.2.101 ) . Focusing on the cruelty of parents rather than the kindness of strangers , I ...
... murder than " present death " ( 2.3.184-85 ) ; Hermione accuses Leontes of ripping her newborn from her breast and haling it out to " murder " ( 3.2.101 ) . Focusing on the cruelty of parents rather than the kindness of strangers , I ...
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... murder in its depiction of children as burdens and provocations as well as vic- tims . Virtually every other account of child murder I have seen presents the victims as innocent lambs , sub- missive sacrifices who prattle and smile at ...
... murder in its depiction of children as burdens and provocations as well as vic- tims . Virtually every other account of child murder I have seen presents the victims as innocent lambs , sub- missive sacrifices who prattle and smile at ...
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... murder is a " violation of the Law of Nature , " yet neither unimaginable , nor other , nor even unfamiliar . Local examples abound . Like accounts of murderous mothers , those of murder- ous fathers both employ the censorious ...
... murder is a " violation of the Law of Nature , " yet neither unimaginable , nor other , nor even unfamiliar . Local examples abound . Like accounts of murderous mothers , those of murder- ous fathers both employ the censorious ...
Contents
Violence in Shakespeares Works | 1 |
The Rape of Lucrece | 77 |
Titus Andronicus | 169 |
Copyright | |
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