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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Writing plays for public performance was not a respectable occupation for such a person . ... Middleton , Drayton and a dozen others among the leading theatre - writers of the time , yet Shakspere received not a single mention .
Writing plays for public performance was not a respectable occupation for such a person . ... Middleton , Drayton and a dozen others among the leading theatre - writers of the time , yet Shakspere received not a single mention .
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Indeed , the writer seems to feel a special and personal sympathy for William Peter as an innocent victim of “ malice ” : I ... Clearly Heywood saw both Shakespeare and himself as firmly committed to the value of acting and writing .
Indeed , the writer seems to feel a special and personal sympathy for William Peter as an innocent victim of “ malice ” : I ... Clearly Heywood saw both Shakespeare and himself as firmly committed to the value of acting and writing .
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... remarking provocatively that the scene in The Two Noble Kinsmen was “ a better piece of writing " ; but he then extricated himself from the awkward position in which he had thus landed himself with that perceptive comment by adding ...
... remarking provocatively that the scene in The Two Noble Kinsmen was “ a better piece of writing " ; but he then extricated himself from the awkward position in which he had thus landed himself with that perceptive comment by adding ...
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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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