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 288
... comedy . As rumor spreads of Timon's newfound treasure , the flatterers flock back to him with vain hopes of cashing in : the remainder of the Misanthropos is devoted to Ti- mon's repulsion of them . The comedy follows the form and ...
... comedy . As rumor spreads of Timon's newfound treasure , the flatterers flock back to him with vain hopes of cashing in : the remainder of the Misanthropos is devoted to Ti- mon's repulsion of them . The comedy follows the form and ...
Page 289
... comedy unwittingly omitted . The author probably sup- plied them , for they are clearly required in context . Their omission renders Timon's line , ' I neere as yett bore armes out of Athens ' , irrelevant . But the author added some ...
... comedy unwittingly omitted . The author probably sup- plied them , for they are clearly required in context . Their omission renders Timon's line , ' I neere as yett bore armes out of Athens ' , irrelevant . But the author added some ...
Page 291
... comedy who most closely resembles Gnathonides , actually is modelled on a musician of the same name in Jonson's Poetaster ; but he renounces musicianship the moment Timon makes him rich and never offers to sing for him in exile ...
... comedy who most closely resembles Gnathonides , actually is modelled on a musician of the same name in Jonson's Poetaster ; but he renounces musicianship the moment Timon makes him rich and never offers to sing for him in exile ...
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King John | 1 |
Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
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