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 71
... less than sexual decorum , " and whose name performs a number of associative tricks , as it " echoes the erotic flowers and music of the opening scene , insidiously rearranges the letters of Olivia's name , and comes close to nam- ing ...
... less than sexual decorum , " and whose name performs a number of associative tricks , as it " echoes the erotic flowers and music of the opening scene , insidiously rearranges the letters of Olivia's name , and comes close to nam- ing ...
Page 151
... less willing to reconfigure the politi- cal as the erotic , Richard's gambit would have a vastly different outcome : a woman less willing to submit to conventional gender hierarchies ( Margaret , say ) would certainly plunge the sword ...
... less willing to reconfigure the politi- cal as the erotic , Richard's gambit would have a vastly different outcome : a woman less willing to submit to conventional gender hierarchies ( Margaret , say ) would certainly plunge the sword ...
Page 246
... less excitedly of what he has vowed to do , Hamlet's feeling about his mission changes : " The time is out of joint . O cursed spite , / That ever I was born to set it right " ( 1.5.196- 7 ) . He accepts the necessity of taking revenge ...
... less excitedly of what he has vowed to do , Hamlet's feeling about his mission changes : " The time is out of joint . O cursed spite , / That ever I was born to set it right " ( 1.5.196- 7 ) . He accepts the necessity of taking revenge ...
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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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