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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... desires . Yet desire is presented as potentially transgressive throughout , and in the first half of the play , Helena's desire and her pursuit of her own ends is experienced as even more disruptive . In conversation with Parolles ...
... desires . Yet desire is presented as potentially transgressive throughout , and in the first half of the play , Helena's desire and her pursuit of her own ends is experienced as even more disruptive . In conversation with Parolles ...
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... desire threatens to become a matter of public concern . But while the ending reintegrates Bertram formally if not unreservedly into the community through marriage , it leaves unresolved the troubling question of his desire , never ...
... desire threatens to become a matter of public concern . But while the ending reintegrates Bertram formally if not unreservedly into the community through marriage , it leaves unresolved the troubling question of his desire , never ...
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... desire is much more threatening in Mea- sure for Measure than it had been in All's Well , where Bertram's attempts at sexual conquest are roundly con- demned by everyone , even Parolles . Vienna's suburbs seethe with pimps , prostitutes ...
... desire is much more threatening in Mea- sure for Measure than it had been in All's Well , where Bertram's attempts at sexual conquest are roundly con- demned by everyone , even Parolles . Vienna's suburbs seethe with pimps , prostitutes ...
Contents
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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