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 156
... Polixenes in The Winter's Tale appears quite suddenly , but is nevertheless properly motivated by Shakespeare . ] Perhaps the major scholarly dispute surrounding The Winter's Tale concerns the motivation of Leontes ' jealousy . One view ...
... Polixenes in The Winter's Tale appears quite suddenly , but is nevertheless properly motivated by Shakespeare . ] Perhaps the major scholarly dispute surrounding The Winter's Tale concerns the motivation of Leontes ' jealousy . One view ...
Page 157
... Polixenes are playing the parts demanded by ideal friendship . There is an initial differ- ence in their dialogue indicative of character . Leontes is likely to be abrupt , to say what he means ; he is not inclined to banter . Polixenes ...
... Polixenes are playing the parts demanded by ideal friendship . There is an initial differ- ence in their dialogue indicative of character . Leontes is likely to be abrupt , to say what he means ; he is not inclined to banter . Polixenes ...
Page 159
... Polixenes was a king and her husband's dearest friend . She could , and did , jest with Polixenes as with an equal in a way not previously possible with any other member of the court . Too , she treated Polixenes as her own friend , as ...
... Polixenes was a king and her husband's dearest friend . She could , and did , jest with Polixenes as with an equal in a way not previously possible with any other member of the court . Too , she treated Polixenes as her own friend , as ...
Contents
The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
Copyright | |
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