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 229
... disguise as in Cymbeline . In this play not only characterization , but almost every complication in the action , every dimension of the theme , is related to uses of costume and disguise or repeated references to gar- ments . Although ...
... disguise as in Cymbeline . In this play not only characterization , but almost every complication in the action , every dimension of the theme , is related to uses of costume and disguise or repeated references to gar- ments . Although ...
Page 245
... disguise accompanies a deemphasis of her role . Some are pawns in other characters ' intrigues and appear only in brief subplots . While male disguise may embolden heroines in comedies , it does little to empower cross - dressed ...
... disguise accompanies a deemphasis of her role . Some are pawns in other characters ' intrigues and appear only in brief subplots . While male disguise may embolden heroines in comedies , it does little to empower cross - dressed ...
Page 251
... disguise as a boy , for example , underscores the presence of the male performer . Awareness of the play - boy gave substance to the illusory homoerotic attraction of adult men to this female page , while the disguised persona of boyish ...
... disguise as a boy , for example , underscores the presence of the male performer . Awareness of the play - boy gave substance to the illusory homoerotic attraction of adult men to this female page , while the disguised persona of boyish ...
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Deception in Shakespeares Plays | 1 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 70 |
Cymbeline | 205 |
Copyright | |
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