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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... scene is largely invisible to moderns , for even the play's admirers and 1 Henry VI does not enjoy as celebra- tory ... scene ( 4.4 ) in which Somerset , chief of the Lancastrians , puts the blame for the impending disaster on the ...
... scene is largely invisible to moderns , for even the play's admirers and 1 Henry VI does not enjoy as celebra- tory ... scene ( 4.4 ) in which Somerset , chief of the Lancastrians , puts the blame for the impending disaster on the ...
Page 171
... scene 6 is a first , less mature version of act 4 , scene 5. One : prima facie ; as Dover Wilson and Brockbank noticed , the repetition of scenes is an un- economical and absurd reduplication . Two scenes where one might suffice is a ...
... scene 6 is a first , less mature version of act 4 , scene 5. One : prima facie ; as Dover Wilson and Brockbank noticed , the repetition of scenes is an un- economical and absurd reduplication . Two scenes where one might suffice is a ...
Page 388
... scene ( Act V , scene iv ) 4 : 17 , 21 , 28 , 29 , 35 , 38 , 78 , 105 , 108 , 134 , 150 , 167 wager plot 4 : 18 , 24 , 29 , 53 , 78 , 155 ; 22 : 365 ; 25 : 319 Hamlet ambiguity or mystery , role of 1 : 92 , 160 , 198 , 227 , 230 , 234 ...
... scene ( Act V , scene iv ) 4 : 17 , 21 , 28 , 29 , 35 , 38 , 78 , 105 , 108 , 134 , 150 , 167 wager plot 4 : 18 , 24 , 29 , 53 , 78 , 155 ; 22 : 365 ; 25 : 319 Hamlet ambiguity or mystery , role of 1 : 92 , 160 , 198 , 227 , 230 , 234 ...
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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