Shakespearean CriticismPresents 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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For further information on the critical history of The Two Noble Kinsmen , see SC , Volume 9 . INTRODUCTION Probably the last play with which Shakespeare was associated , the title page of The Two Noble Kinsmen attributes authorship to ...
For further information on the critical history of The Two Noble Kinsmen , see SC , Volume 9 . INTRODUCTION Probably the last play with which Shakespeare was associated , the title page of The Two Noble Kinsmen attributes authorship to ...
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It is the Jailer's Daughter , however , who provides the richest evidence of the cultural in The Two Noble Kinsmen . While female characters in Shakespeare's history plays have been described as " antihistorians , ” in this late play ...
It is the Jailer's Daughter , however , who provides the richest evidence of the cultural in The Two Noble Kinsmen . While female characters in Shakespeare's history plays have been described as " antihistorians , ” in this late play ...
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Since the power of the sovereign and the imposition of marriage are so morally tainted in The Two Noble Kinsmen , Emilia's advocacy is not simply an example of what James Holstun usefully terms “ lesbian elegy .
Since the power of the sovereign and the imposition of marriage are so morally tainted in The Two Noble Kinsmen , Emilia's advocacy is not simply an example of what James Holstun usefully terms “ lesbian elegy .
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| Title | Shakespearean Criticism Literature criticism online Volume 41 of Shakespearean Criticism Series |
| Editor | Michelle Lee |
| Publisher | Gale Research International, Limited, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0787619868, 9780787619862 |
| Length | 420 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Drama Literary Criticism / Reference Literary Criticism / Shakespeare |
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