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 154
... calls attention to Lear's increasing inarticulateness , suggesting that this underscores the play's concern with the limitations of language in com- municating emotion . Like Levenson , Berge sees Cord- elia's initial silence as ...
... calls attention to Lear's increasing inarticulateness , suggesting that this underscores the play's concern with the limitations of language in com- municating emotion . Like Levenson , Berge sees Cord- elia's initial silence as ...
Page 173
... calls that " basic Shakespearean definition of evil : the sharp mind in the service of uncriticized passion " ( p . 222 ) . But it is clear that , philosophically , the repudiation of reason and rationalistic standards implies a ...
... calls that " basic Shakespearean definition of evil : the sharp mind in the service of uncriticized passion " ( p . 222 ) . But it is clear that , philosophically , the repudiation of reason and rationalistic standards implies a ...
Page 297
... calls the play a " radical experiment in the psychology of theatrical experience . " ] I The " corrupt text on the ... call into question the nature of being . It never seems ... to get down to the unresolvable conflicts with which ...
... calls the play a " radical experiment in the psychology of theatrical experience . " ] I The " corrupt text on the ... call into question the nature of being . It never seems ... to get down to the unresolvable conflicts with which ...
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King John | 1 |
Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
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