Shakespearean CriticismPresents 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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... critics to conclude that Mrs. Potter's success could be attributed to her provocative dress , and the suggestions of these critics seem to have been accepted by stage historians . The critic of the Morning Journal , in a description of ...
... critics to conclude that Mrs. Potter's success could be attributed to her provocative dress , and the suggestions of these critics seem to have been accepted by stage historians . The critic of the Morning Journal , in a description of ...
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... critic commends the performances of Charles Young as Antony and Harriet Faucit as Cleopatra , and praises the funeral procession appended to the drama by Kemble . Review of Antony and Cleopatra . The Times ( 18 May 1867 ) : 5 . Lauds ...
... critic commends the performances of Charles Young as Antony and Harriet Faucit as Cleopatra , and praises the funeral procession appended to the drama by Kemble . Review of Antony and Cleopatra . The Times ( 18 May 1867 ) : 5 . Lauds ...
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... critic , was the conflict between political factions . Review of Coriolanus . The Times ( 14 March 1952 ) : 2 , 12 . A respectful notice of Glen Byam Shaw's production of Coriolanus at Stratford - upon - Avon . According to the reviewer ...
... critic , was the conflict between political factions . Review of Coriolanus . The Times ( 14 March 1952 ) : 2 , 12 . A respectful notice of Glen Byam Shaw's production of Coriolanus at Stratford - upon - Avon . According to the reviewer ...
Contents
Antony and Cleopatra | 1 |
Coriolanus | 124 |
Comparisons and Overviews | 227 |
Copyright | |
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