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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... provides a works - based approach ; each of the four entries contained in a regular volume focuses on a specific Shakespearean play or poem . The entries will include the most recent criticism avail- able on the works , as well as ...
... provides a works - based approach ; each of the four entries contained in a regular volume focuses on a specific Shakespearean play or poem . The entries will include the most recent criticism avail- able on the works , as well as ...
Page 141
... provide opportunities for confusion and discovery , and they prolong the intervals between the inception and completion ... provides one dimension of the reluctant , amorous delay that constitutes the body of the comedy . Much Ado About ...
... provide opportunities for confusion and discovery , and they prolong the intervals between the inception and completion ... provides one dimension of the reluctant , amorous delay that constitutes the body of the comedy . Much Ado About ...
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... provides the audience with a visual image of the play's main confrontation . Caesar's speech , ego - centered as it is , nonetheless is what we expect of a ruler . Despite the paranoia Caesar displays , we know what he is thinking at ...
... provides the audience with a visual image of the play's main confrontation . Caesar's speech , ego - centered as it is , nonetheless is what we expect of a ruler . Despite the paranoia Caesar displays , we know what he is thinking at ...
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King John | 1 |
Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
Copyright | |
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