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 63
... later . Robert Ornstein , a fierce detractor of the play , points out another parallel when he argues that Fletcher , who he believes wrote most of the play , " found the inspiration for Cranmer's vision in the prayer by Richmond that ...
... later . Robert Ornstein , a fierce detractor of the play , points out another parallel when he argues that Fletcher , who he believes wrote most of the play , " found the inspiration for Cranmer's vision in the prayer by Richmond that ...
Page 158
... later he will quote Her- mione as having said " I am yours for ever . " But Hermi- one turns his mock - lightheartedness into a battle of wit- ticisms , in the course of which she uses an image of dubious propriety . She says a woman ...
... later he will quote Her- mione as having said " I am yours for ever . " But Hermi- one turns his mock - lightheartedness into a battle of wit- ticisms , in the course of which she uses an image of dubious propriety . She says a woman ...
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... later that " there was good sport at his making , and the whoreson must be acknowledg'd " ( 1.1.23 ) . A curious pattern : first the deed , then the nam- ing of the deed ; first the sexual knowing then later , much later in this case ...
... later that " there was good sport at his making , and the whoreson must be acknowledg'd " ( 1.1.23 ) . A curious pattern : first the deed , then the nam- ing of the deed ; first the sexual knowing then later , much later in this case ...
Contents
The Jealousy of Leontes | 156 |
Further Reading | 174 |
Character Studies | 189 |
Copyright | |
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