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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Page 193
... Isabella - they do not remain silent in one another's presence . The potential ambivalence of the silence between Isa- bella and Claudio becomes evident if one recalls their only conversation together . Before leaving her brother's ...
... Isabella - they do not remain silent in one another's presence . The potential ambivalence of the silence between Isa- bella and Claudio becomes evident if one recalls their only conversation together . Before leaving her brother's ...
Page 196
... Isabella's first silence to pose if not to answer the question of whether the Duke's exercise of his powers , particularly with respect to Isabella , had been moral , humane , or loving . David Giles's 1969 production at Stratford ...
... Isabella's first silence to pose if not to answer the question of whether the Duke's exercise of his powers , particularly with respect to Isabella , had been moral , humane , or loving . David Giles's 1969 production at Stratford ...
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... Isabella's changing dis- course : first , Isabella generates reasoned arguments which challenge the state ; next , under the Duke / Friar , her language is directed by the state ; and finally , her speech is contained by the state . In ...
... Isabella's changing dis- course : first , Isabella generates reasoned arguments which challenge the state ; next , under the Duke / Friar , her language is directed by the state ; and finally , her speech is contained by the state . In ...
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Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
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