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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... less radi- cal devotion to honor . Though he belongs to the world of history , he has never achieved , nor quite attempted , Hotspur's leap of faith into the play as mimesis of life . If Falstaff has been entertaining audiences inside ...
... less radi- cal devotion to honor . Though he belongs to the world of history , he has never achieved , nor quite attempted , Hotspur's leap of faith into the play as mimesis of life . If Falstaff has been entertaining audiences inside ...
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... less likely they seem as explanations of his actions . His motives do not seem equal to the deed , nor can they ... less as fully realized characters than as embodi- ments of moral principles . And in proportion as they are less fully ...
... less likely they seem as explanations of his actions . His motives do not seem equal to the deed , nor can they ... less as fully realized characters than as embodi- ments of moral principles . And in proportion as they are less fully ...
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... less varied than our responses to her . Able to switch roles at a moment's notice , to " be Cleopatra " ( III.xiii . 187 ) whenever the occasion de- mands , she is at once actress and playwright . Gran- ville - Barker in listing her ...
... less varied than our responses to her . Able to switch roles at a moment's notice , to " be Cleopatra " ( III.xiii . 187 ) whenever the occasion de- mands , she is at once actress and playwright . Gran- ville - Barker in listing her ...
Contents
Deception in Shakespeares Plays | 1 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 70 |
Cymbeline | 205 |
Copyright | |
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