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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... Cordelia , the Fool , Silence and Irresolution in King Lear . " In Reclamations of Shakespeare , edited by A. J. ... Cordelia's final silence to Lear's failed search for self - knowledge . In the critic's judgment , although the king ...
... Cordelia , the Fool , Silence and Irresolution in King Lear . " In Reclamations of Shakespeare , edited by A. J. ... Cordelia's final silence to Lear's failed search for self - knowledge . In the critic's judgment , although the king ...
Page 269
... Cordelia speak ? Love , and be silent " ( 1.1.57 ) . Cordelia's conception of truth also lies in her pious and reverent belief in providence and divine justice , the " kind gods " ( Elton , 76 ) . This is certainly true of the beginning ...
... Cordelia speak ? Love , and be silent " ( 1.1.57 ) . Cordelia's conception of truth also lies in her pious and reverent belief in providence and divine justice , the " kind gods " ( Elton , 76 ) . This is certainly true of the beginning ...
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... Cordelia's " best meaning " intentions are devalued hor- ribly by her having " incurred the worst " . The awareness that the gods ' justice is not based on the merit of the individual , reveals a changed Cordelia . The devaluation of ...
... Cordelia's " best meaning " intentions are devalued hor- ribly by her having " incurred the worst " . The awareness that the gods ' justice is not based on the merit of the individual , reveals a changed Cordelia . The devaluation of ...
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King John | 1 |
Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
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