Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 63Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 345
... Valentine's letter to Silvia , falling into the hands of the Duke , helps to precipitate his banishment . If letters as physical instruments can foil lovers , letters can present problems of another and more subtle kind , too . For such ...
... Valentine's letter to Silvia , falling into the hands of the Duke , helps to precipitate his banishment . If letters as physical instruments can foil lovers , letters can present problems of another and more subtle kind , too . For such ...
Page 360
... Valentine and his overvaluation of Silvia as possessable riches . And it is this very exclusivity that takes the ritual joking combat of boasting about the qualities of their respective mistresses ( in itself an established topos , cf ...
... Valentine and his overvaluation of Silvia as possessable riches . And it is this very exclusivity that takes the ritual joking combat of boasting about the qualities of their respective mistresses ( in itself an established topos , cf ...
Page 363
... Valentine , after his long absorption in love , chooses friendship without the blink of an eye - without , in fact ... Valentine's offer by associating it with the noble self - sacrifices of the friendship tradition or the " courtly ...
... Valentine , after his long absorption in love , chooses friendship without the blink of an eye - without , in fact ... Valentine's offer by associating it with the noble self - sacrifices of the friendship tradition or the " courtly ...
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