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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... father , and this son like him , O old Sir Robert , father , on my knee I give heaven thanks I was not like to thee . ( I.i.79-83 ) The bastard Philip's sudden non sequitur amounts not only to an admission that he does not physically ...
... father , and this son like him , O old Sir Robert , father , on my knee I give heaven thanks I was not like to thee . ( I.i.79-83 ) The bastard Philip's sudden non sequitur amounts not only to an admission that he does not physically ...
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... father Geoffrey died before John's father did and more important - John reigns by virtue of Ri- chard I's will . " Thou advised scold , " Eleanor answers Constance , " I can produce / A will that bars the title of thy son " ( II.1.191 ...
... father Geoffrey died before John's father did and more important - John reigns by virtue of Ri- chard I's will . " Thou advised scold , " Eleanor answers Constance , " I can produce / A will that bars the title of thy son " ( II.1.191 ...
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... father's ] affection ' : My father ... is there any daughter that can love her father more than duty requires ? In my opinion , whoever pretends to it , must disguise her real sentiments under the veil of flattery . I have always loved ...
... father's ] affection ' : My father ... is there any daughter that can love her father more than duty requires ? In my opinion , whoever pretends to it , must disguise her real sentiments under the veil of flattery . I have always loved ...
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King John | 1 |
Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
Copyright | |
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