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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... Richard II Richard III Vol . 40 Gender Identity The Merchant of Venice Sonnets The Two Gentlemen of Verona Vol . 41 Authorship Controversy Henry VIII King John The Two Noble Kinsmen Vol . 42 1997 Yearbook Vol . 43 Violence The Rape of ...
... Richard II Richard III Vol . 40 Gender Identity The Merchant of Venice Sonnets The Two Gentlemen of Verona Vol . 41 Authorship Controversy Henry VIII King John The Two Noble Kinsmen Vol . 42 1997 Yearbook Vol . 43 Violence The Rape of ...
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... Richard dubs Commodity ( 2.1.561- 98 ) . Calderwood's assumption , however , cannot account for the struggle each of the kings suffers in his own mind between the claims of nation and the claims of Chris- tendom , at least as the latter ...
... Richard dubs Commodity ( 2.1.561- 98 ) . Calderwood's assumption , however , cannot account for the struggle each of the kings suffers in his own mind between the claims of nation and the claims of Chris- tendom , at least as the latter ...
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... Richard II , Shakespeare bases the conflict between the two main characters on a dialectic between silence and words . The contrast between Bolingbroke and Ri- chard is defined theatrically by their opposing ap- proaches to speech ...
... Richard II , Shakespeare bases the conflict between the two main characters on a dialectic between silence and words . The contrast between Bolingbroke and Ri- chard is defined theatrically by their opposing ap- proaches to speech ...
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King John | 1 |
Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
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