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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... describes the structure as a pattern of tragic falls in the old " de casibus " tradition ( " What Is Shakespeare's Henry VIII About ? " Durham University Journal , NS9 [ 1948 ] , 48-55 . Rpt . in Shakespeare : The Histories , ed ...
... describes the structure as a pattern of tragic falls in the old " de casibus " tradition ( " What Is Shakespeare's Henry VIII About ? " Durham University Journal , NS9 [ 1948 ] , 48-55 . Rpt . in Shakespeare : The Histories , ed ...
Page 103
... describes the motive for the crime in brief and general terms . Robert Greene's Pandosto , the source for The Winter's Tale , attends closely to the reactions of the wronged queen as she is deprived of liberty , reputation , and newborn ...
... describes the motive for the crime in brief and general terms . Robert Greene's Pandosto , the source for The Winter's Tale , attends closely to the reactions of the wronged queen as she is deprived of liberty , reputation , and newborn ...
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... describes a man jealous of an " impec- cably faithful wife " : [ he ] drew its material from his observation of the small- est possible indications , in which the utterly uncon- scious coquetry of the wife , unnoticeable to any other ...
... describes a man jealous of an " impec- cably faithful wife " : [ he ] drew its material from his observation of the small- est possible indications , in which the utterly uncon- scious coquetry of the wife , unnoticeable to any other ...
Contents
The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
Copyright | |
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