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 58
... interpretation of Henry's character runs counter to the traditional stage image of the fat , lascivious , wife - killing king whose concern for conscience is mere hypocrisy , an occasion in the lines just quoted for a private joke with ...
... interpretation of Henry's character runs counter to the traditional stage image of the fat , lascivious , wife - killing king whose concern for conscience is mere hypocrisy , an occasion in the lines just quoted for a private joke with ...
Page 158
... interpretation since , as a queen , the ambiguity of the word would further display her wit . Leontes breaks in with , " Is he won yet ? " Many editors make the assumption that Leontes has not overheard the previous conversation ...
... interpretation since , as a queen , the ambiguity of the word would further display her wit . Leontes breaks in with , " Is he won yet ? " Many editors make the assumption that Leontes has not overheard the previous conversation ...
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... interpretation of a literary work was that it rendered the work unrecognizable , but now this is considered a very desirable or even essential thing to do , as evidenced by the number of recent critics who announce that their purpose is ...
... interpretation of a literary work was that it rendered the work unrecognizable , but now this is considered a very desirable or even essential thing to do , as evidenced by the number of recent critics who announce that their purpose is ...
Contents
The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
Copyright | |
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