Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volumes 1-25; Volume 154Laurie Lanzen Harris, Mark Scott "Volumes 1 through 10 of the series present a unique historical overview of the critical response to each Shakespearean work, representing a broad range of interpretations. Volumes 11 through 26 recount the performance history of Shakespeare's plays on th stage and screen through eyewitness reviews and retrospective evaluations of individual productions, comparisons of major interpretations, and discussions of staging issues. Beginning with Volume 27 in the series, SC focuses on criticism published after 1960, with a view to providing the reader with the most significant modern critical approaches. Each of these volumes is organized around a theme that is central to the study of Shakespeare, such as politics, religion, or sexuality." [Scope of the Series note, vol. 37.] |
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Page 116
... moral awareness , but homiletic commentary on the events of history is alien to Shakespeare's creative purpose . So far as it is valid to speak of his moral outlook , its conditions are those formed by the action and interests of the ...
... moral awareness , but homiletic commentary on the events of history is alien to Shakespeare's creative purpose . So far as it is valid to speak of his moral outlook , its conditions are those formed by the action and interests of the ...
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... moral conscience has consequences for York that are no less disastrous . Like his son Richard , whose misshapen body and wolfish isolation characterise the ugly impulses which moral law should subdue , York inflicts fatal injury upon ...
... moral conscience has consequences for York that are no less disastrous . Like his son Richard , whose misshapen body and wolfish isolation characterise the ugly impulses which moral law should subdue , York inflicts fatal injury upon ...
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... moral feeling , unacquainted with conscience , re- morse , repentance , even as empty words ? Yet to deny Macbeth ... moral sense and agony of conscience that any proper tragic hero must have . Though Shakespeare assiduously denied his ...
... moral feeling , unacquainted with conscience , re- morse , repentance , even as empty words ? Yet to deny Macbeth ... moral sense and agony of conscience that any proper tragic hero must have . Though Shakespeare assiduously denied his ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Henry VI Parts 1 2 and 3 11 | 163 |
A Midsummer Nights Dream | 356 |
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