Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 28Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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... Hercules . In a subversive twist to the Hercules myth , Antonius pointed to the hero's habit of propagating descendants outside the bounds of family and nation.27 Thus , where a Roman might have understood Hercules as a fig- ure of ...
... Hercules . In a subversive twist to the Hercules myth , Antonius pointed to the hero's habit of propagating descendants outside the bounds of family and nation.27 Thus , where a Roman might have understood Hercules as a fig- ure of ...
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... Hercules . 99 Hanke rehearses the argument in detail ( All Mankind is One , p . 83 ) . 100 The irony is not entirely inadvertent : Early in his career Las Casas proposed the introduction of Negro slaves to the islands , in order to ...
... Hercules . 99 Hanke rehearses the argument in detail ( All Mankind is One , p . 83 ) . 100 The irony is not entirely inadvertent : Early in his career Las Casas proposed the introduction of Negro slaves to the islands , in order to ...
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... Hercules will be represented as fighting with various wild animals . Phallax comments that God should keep " Maister Pediculus " [ the louse ] out of their way ( Bullough , 2.483 ) . This seems to me to be a clear source for the pageant ...
... Hercules will be represented as fighting with various wild animals . Phallax comments that God should keep " Maister Pediculus " [ the louse ] out of their way ( Bullough , 2.483 ) . This seems to me to be a clear source for the pageant ...
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Texts and Revels in Twelfth Night | 13 |
Lynda E Boose The Taming of the Shrew Good Husbandry and Enclosure | 21 |
Juliet Dusinberre As Who Liked It? | 31 |
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