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 191
... stage , on the periphery of the action . When Mariana heard the Duke sentence Angelo " to the very block / Where Clau- dio stooped to death " ( lines 410-11 ) , she proceeded to the deck of the stage to plead for her husband . As the ...
... stage , on the periphery of the action . When Mariana heard the Duke sentence Angelo " to the very block / Where Clau- dio stooped to death " ( lines 410-11 ) , she proceeded to the deck of the stage to plead for her husband . As the ...
Page 209
... stage for themselves during the famous soliloquy . Arthur Colby Sprague reports that Barry Sullivan objected to Ophelia's presence : Her presence detracted from the importance of his " To be , or not to be , " so she had to leave the stage ...
... stage for themselves during the famous soliloquy . Arthur Colby Sprague reports that Barry Sullivan objected to Ophelia's presence : Her presence detracted from the importance of his " To be , or not to be , " so she had to leave the stage ...
Page 230
... stage direction that most editors follow . They are apparently absent from the stage for the next hundred lines or so , and some eight lines after they re - enter , Pedro will tell Claudio and the others that " fair Hero is won . " What ...
... stage direction that most editors follow . They are apparently absent from the stage for the next hundred lines or so , and some eight lines after they re - enter , Pedro will tell Claudio and the others that " fair Hero is won . " What ...
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King John | 1 |
Character Studies | 14 |
Production Reviews | 40 |
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