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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... Henry VIII offered Shakespeare the chance to express Jacobean political ideals . Stuart M. Kurland ( 1987 ) explores a somewhat contrasting theme , contending that the fictionalized King Henry VIII of the play was a critique of ...
... Henry VIII offered Shakespeare the chance to express Jacobean political ideals . Stuart M. Kurland ( 1987 ) explores a somewhat contrasting theme , contending that the fictionalized King Henry VIII of the play was a critique of ...
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... Henry VIII : A Jacobean History . " Shakespeare Studies 12 ( 1979 ) : 247-66 . Places Henry VIII within the historical context of its first performance at the Globe Theatre in June 1613 . Berman , Ronald . " King Henry the Eighth ...
... Henry VIII : A Jacobean History . " Shakespeare Studies 12 ( 1979 ) : 247-66 . Places Henry VIII within the historical context of its first performance at the Globe Theatre in June 1613 . Berman , Ronald . " King Henry the Eighth ...
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... Henry VIII . Vanita , Ruth . " Mariological Memory in The Winter's Tale and Henry VIII . " Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 40 , no . 2 ( spring 2000 ) : 311-37 . Addresses feminine moral authority in Henry VIII and The Winter's ...
... Henry VIII . Vanita , Ruth . " Mariological Memory in The Winter's Tale and Henry VIII . " Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 40 , no . 2 ( spring 2000 ) : 311-37 . Addresses feminine moral authority in Henry VIII and The Winter's ...
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The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
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