Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 5Gale Research Company, 1984 |
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Page 71
... humor - was commonly called “ ass - like melancholy " and rendered its victim , above all , sluggish . . . . Jaques dis- plays none of the symptoms characteristic of either the man who by nature is predominantly melancholy or of the ...
... humor - was commonly called “ ass - like melancholy " and rendered its victim , above all , sluggish . . . . Jaques dis- plays none of the symptoms characteristic of either the man who by nature is predominantly melancholy or of the ...
Page 80
... humor as an element in a larger , serious dramatic whole ; and we can find in this method the organizing principles , not of all his comedy , but of his best comedy . . . . In reality the finest comedy is not a diversion from serious ...
... humor as an element in a larger , serious dramatic whole ; and we can find in this method the organizing principles , not of all his comedy , but of his best comedy . . . . In reality the finest comedy is not a diversion from serious ...
Page 81
... humor of Jaques and Touchstone , the pastoral motif as such drops . into the background ; Rosalind finds Orlando's verses in the second scene of Act III , and the rest of the play elaborates the theme of love . This second movement is ...
... humor of Jaques and Touchstone , the pastoral motif as such drops . into the background ; Rosalind finds Orlando's verses in the second scene of Act III , and the rest of the play elaborates the theme of love . This second movement is ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | 328 |
Romeo and Juliet | 409 |
Copyright | |
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