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 95
... called ' commen- datious . " This is arguably the cleverest line in the poem , if indeed the woman's chin - one of many such feminine β baits and deceits β βis both commendable and mendacious . To commendatious may be compared such ...
... called ' commen- datious . " This is arguably the cleverest line in the poem , if indeed the woman's chin - one of many such feminine β baits and deceits β βis both commendable and mendacious . To commendatious may be compared such ...
Page 243
... called truth of Shakespeare's historical sources and the so - called fic- tion of his dramatic sources or of his own play King John . ] Meercraft : By my ' faith you are cunning i ' the Chronicle , Sir . Fitzdottrel : No , I confess I ...
... called truth of Shakespeare's historical sources and the so - called fic- tion of his dramatic sources or of his own play King John . ] Meercraft : By my ' faith you are cunning i ' the Chronicle , Sir . Fitzdottrel : No , I confess I ...
Page 362
... called friendship the " secret principle " which determined its form.21 In Shakespeare's hands the Boethian wisdom of mak- ing a virtue of necessity , preached by Theseus just before the conclusion of The Knight's Tale , takes a curious ...
... called friendship the " secret principle " which determined its form.21 In Shakespeare's hands the Boethian wisdom of mak- ing a virtue of necessity , preached by Theseus just before the conclusion of The Knight's Tale , takes a curious ...
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