Shakespearean CriticismMichelle Lee 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 315
... Ford's mind , and the movement of Merry Wives indicates how it is Ford's mind that must be disenchanted , exorcized of a " devil " that represents an unsettling threat to the rest of society . Ford forms his suspi- cions and ...
... Ford's mind , and the movement of Merry Wives indicates how it is Ford's mind that must be disenchanted , exorcized of a " devil " that represents an unsettling threat to the rest of society . Ford forms his suspi- cions and ...
Page 316
... Ford is cudgeling both phantoms of his brain at the same time , but his exorcism still has a further course to run . Ford's encounter with the witch of Brainford marks an important turning point in Merry Wives . He rushes offstage in a ...
... Ford is cudgeling both phantoms of his brain at the same time , but his exorcism still has a further course to run . Ford's encounter with the witch of Brainford marks an important turning point in Merry Wives . He rushes offstage in a ...
Page 322
... Ford's maid's aunt , the fat woman of Brainford . Ford , according to his wife , " cannot abide the old woman of Brainford . He swears she's a witch , forbade her my house , and hath threat'ned to beat her " ( IV.ii.85-87 ) . As she ...
... Ford's maid's aunt , the fat woman of Brainford . Ford , according to his wife , " cannot abide the old woman of Brainford . He swears she's a witch , forbade her my house , and hath threat'ned to beat her " ( IV.ii.85-87 ) . As she ...
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Deception in Shakespeares Plays | 1 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 70 |
Cymbeline | 205 |
Copyright | |
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