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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... final scene , speech marvellously redeems ( or at least compensates for ) its inadequacies and misuses , as Shakespeare has systematically represented them in all five acts of Henry VIII . For those members of Shakespeare's audience ...
... final scene , speech marvellously redeems ( or at least compensates for ) its inadequacies and misuses , as Shakespeare has systematically represented them in all five acts of Henry VIII . For those members of Shakespeare's audience ...
Page 246
... final rhetorical and dramatic task , the loyal endorse- ment of Prince Henry as king and the famous patriotic effusion of the play's final lines.16 The Bastard serves Shakespeare well . Through selec- tion , emphasis , and fabrication ...
... final rhetorical and dramatic task , the loyal endorse- ment of Prince Henry as king and the famous patriotic effusion of the play's final lines.16 The Bastard serves Shakespeare well . Through selec- tion , emphasis , and fabrication ...
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... final attainment of Emilia's hand turns out to be more consolation than the expected consummation . William Spalding , one of the first critics to discuss the play at length , was right when he called friendship the " secret principle ...
... final attainment of Emilia's hand turns out to be more consolation than the expected consummation . William Spalding , one of the first critics to discuss the play at length , was right when he called friendship the " secret principle ...
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