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 123
... never knew what truth meant . ( II.i.102-05 ) Glory , wealth , honor are now of spiritual rather than material significance . If there are " wonders " in this dramatic moment , they are generated by an act of spiri- tual heroism ...
... never knew what truth meant . ( II.i.102-05 ) Glory , wealth , honor are now of spiritual rather than material significance . If there are " wonders " in this dramatic moment , they are generated by an act of spiri- tual heroism ...
Page 176
... never know himself else " ( II.ii.22 ) . For the king's self - awareness has been utterly obscured hitherto by Wolsey's subtle interventions , which have results scarcely less drastic than Iago's : He dives into the king's soul , and ...
... never know himself else " ( II.ii.22 ) . For the king's self - awareness has been utterly obscured hitherto by Wolsey's subtle interventions , which have results scarcely less drastic than Iago's : He dives into the king's soul , and ...
Page 195
... never love the opposite sex . Wolsey's written word also fixes a character trait that his slippery speech has either obscured or explained away . While Beatrice's and Benedick's hands ( their handwriting ) truly disclose their hearts ...
... never love the opposite sex . Wolsey's written word also fixes a character trait that his slippery speech has either obscured or explained away . While Beatrice's and Benedick's hands ( their handwriting ) truly disclose their hearts ...
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