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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... marriage of Lewis and Blanche . The citizen of An- giers says that before her marriage Blanche is a " divided excellence " ( 2.1.439 ) , as is Lewis . These two , he says , will find completion in their union as husband and wife . Of ...
... marriage of Lewis and Blanche . The citizen of An- giers says that before her marriage Blanche is a " divided excellence " ( 2.1.439 ) , as is Lewis . These two , he says , will find completion in their union as husband and wife . Of ...
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... marriage or justice - only man can be false by following his nature . A human being is composed of a combination of ... marriage . Will it serve for any model to build mischief on ? What is he for a fool that betroths himself to ...
... marriage or justice - only man can be false by following his nature . A human being is composed of a combination of ... marriage . Will it serve for any model to build mischief on ? What is he for a fool that betroths himself to ...
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... married men . Lucio , as he is led off to have his sentence of marriage executed , equates the state of matrimony that awaits him with the more lethal sentences he has been spared : " Marrying a punk , my lord , is pressing to death ...
... married men . Lucio , as he is led off to have his sentence of marriage executed , equates the state of matrimony that awaits him with the more lethal sentences he has been spared : " Marrying a punk , my lord , is pressing to death ...
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King John | 1 |
Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
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