Shakespearean CriticismDana Ramel Barnes 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 134
... John for his " great crueltie , and unreason- able avarice " .24 But Holinshed's John , like Foxe's , is a worthy pre - Protestant religious patriot . Even those not well versed in the chronicles would have heard of John , and how after ...
... John for his " great crueltie , and unreason- able avarice " .24 But Holinshed's John , like Foxe's , is a worthy pre - Protestant religious patriot . Even those not well versed in the chronicles would have heard of John , and how after ...
Page 137
... John , and registers Arthur's loss , Falconbridge is not necessarily affirming Arthur's right to the crown . Falconbridge's words are difficult to understand , but an audience accepting John's legiti- macy need not have understood him ...
... John , and registers Arthur's loss , Falconbridge is not necessarily affirming Arthur's right to the crown . Falconbridge's words are difficult to understand , but an audience accepting John's legiti- macy need not have understood him ...
Page 140
... John's " inglorious league " ( 5.1.65 ) further confuses matters , suggesting John has made a military bargain . In the following scene , Pandulph is shown to be un- able to honour his contract with John . Lewis , whom Pandulph has ...
... John's " inglorious league " ( 5.1.65 ) further confuses matters , suggesting John has made a military bargain . In the following scene , Pandulph is shown to be un- able to honour his contract with John . Lewis , whom Pandulph has ...
Contents
T G Bishop Compounding Errors | 12 |
Geraldo U de Sousa The Peasants Revolt and the Writing of History in 2 Henry | 105 |
Martha A Kurtz Rethinking Gender and Genre in the History Play | 122 |
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