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 118
... speech . Given that Henry VIII draws heavily on historical sources , sometimes simply versi- fying Holinshed , it may be somewhat alarming to real- ize that Cranmer's all - important prophecy does not have a historical source . The speech ...
... speech . Given that Henry VIII draws heavily on historical sources , sometimes simply versi- fying Holinshed , it may be somewhat alarming to real- ize that Cranmer's all - important prophecy does not have a historical source . The speech ...
Page 169
... speech , it would seem , Shakespeare inspected it to determine if there were lines worth preserving . He extracted " Flye , to reuenge my death when I am dead , " discarded the limp subordination and supplied the more concrete " if I be ...
... speech , it would seem , Shakespeare inspected it to determine if there were lines worth preserving . He extracted " Flye , to reuenge my death when I am dead , " discarded the limp subordination and supplied the more concrete " if I be ...
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... speech is an immediate response to an overwhelming experience and he is in a state of vengeful rage from the start . What Hamlet swears in this speech is to obey the Ghost's final injunction , " Remember me " ( 91 ) . Both he and the ...
... speech is an immediate response to an overwhelming experience and he is in a state of vengeful rage from the start . What Hamlet swears in this speech is to obey the Ghost's final injunction , " Remember me " ( 91 ) . Both he and the ...
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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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