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 144
... Comic elements in the Yorkist tetralogy have received little attention . Henry VI , Part 1 offers opportunities for comic stage spectacle . It calls for almost as much acrobatic leaping about on the walls of Orleans and Rouen , climbing ...
... Comic elements in the Yorkist tetralogy have received little attention . Henry VI , Part 1 offers opportunities for comic stage spectacle . It calls for almost as much acrobatic leaping about on the walls of Orleans and Rouen , climbing ...
Page 145
... comic witch ; Margaret is a comic bitch . The Duchess of Gloucester's seance is serious because she is doomed to suffer the fall that in her hubris she plans for others , but it has its comic side . I suspect a burlesque intent in the ...
... comic witch ; Margaret is a comic bitch . The Duchess of Gloucester's seance is serious because she is doomed to suffer the fall that in her hubris she plans for others , but it has its comic side . I suspect a burlesque intent in the ...
Page 149
... comic or whose ironic , macabre , or grotesque tone places them very near the comic . As the comedy in the first tetral- ogy progressively darkens from the laughter of derision in Part 1 to the macabre violence of Richard III , its ...
... comic or whose ironic , macabre , or grotesque tone places them very near the comic . As the comedy in the first tetral- ogy progressively darkens from the laughter of derision in Part 1 to the macabre violence of Richard III , its ...
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